Player Dossier

2008-2008

Marshall

Mark Cann

QB • 6'4" • 237 lbs • Landrum, SC, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Mark Cann is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

71%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

31

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Mark Cann built his college career in 2008 as a quarterback from Landrum, SC wearing No. 10, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Mark Cann's career was his passing role: 1,767 passing yards, 14...

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Mark Cann, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Marshall. Mark Cann is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
1,727
Passing yards
1,767
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Mark Cann quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · QB
Career Total Offense
1,727
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 11 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
UAB
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2008
2008 Total offense rank
1,727 total offense · QB 60th (top 32%) · Conference USA 9th (top 10%) · National 61st (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonMarshall111,7271,767-401562

Related Context

Mark Cann played QB for Marshall. Across 1 tracked season, Mark Cann recorded 1,767 passing yards, -40 rushing yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Marshall paired 1,727 primary output with 49.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 49.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Loss with 243 yards of offense and 60.5 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

157

Efficiency

49.8

Usage

9.2

Consistency

77.7

Best Game by takeover score

UAB

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois State: 171. Wisconsin: 219. Memphis: 232. Southern Miss: 194. West Virginia: 111. Cincinnati: 157. UAB: 243. Houston: 161. East Carolina: 128. UCF: 41. Rice: 70

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois State: 27 by 53.2. Wisconsin: 42 by 50.6. Memphis: 29 by 74.2. Southern Miss: 29 by 60. West Virginia: 38 by 39.5. Cincinnati: 39 by 38.8. UAB: 29 by 60.5. Houston: 29 by 55.6. East Carolina: 32 by 39.2. UCF: 19 by 34.3. Rice: 29 by 41.6

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins189.5 · Games = 4 · +51.1 vs Losses
Losses138.4 · Games = 7 · -51.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

UAB

Best efficiency game

74.2 vs Memphis

Result
Sat 11/22@ RiceL 10-3513248354.21141.65-13-2.6002
Sat 11/15vs UCFL 14-304173223.51234.3294.5009
Sat 11/8@ East CarolinaL 16-19132913744.82239.23-9-301
Wed 10/29vs Houston3+ TDW 37-23152515760.02055.644115
Sat 10/18@ UABL 21-23162623761.52160.536203
Sat 10/4vs CincinnatiL 10-33173617847.21338.83-21-700
Sat 9/27@ West VirginiaL 3-27153611941.70139.52-8-400
Sat 9/20@ Southern MissW 34-27162522864.020604-34-8.5001
Sat 9/13vs MemphisW 17-16142822450.01074.218808
Sat 9/6@ WisconsinL 14-51203921151.30250.6382.7008
Sat 8/30vs Illinois StateW 35-10112216150.02153.2510207

Player Story

Mark Cann story

Mark Cann built his college career in 2008 as a quarterback from Landrum, SC wearing No. 10, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Mark Cann's career was his passing role: 1,767 passing yards, 14 touchdown passes, and 307 attempts across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Marshall. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall.

The arc is straightforward: Mark Cann moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

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    Marshall

    2008

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Season Value Progression

2008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonMarshall1,72749.89.2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UAB

Week 8 · L 21-23 · Conference game

Loss with 243 yards of offense and 60.5 efficiency.

243

Total Offense

60.9 takeover

243 total offense with 60.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Memphis

Week 3 · W 17-16 · Conference game

232

Total Offense

58.8 takeover

Win with 232 yards of offense and 74.2 efficiency.

232 total offense with 74.2 efficiency.

#3

@ Wisconsin

Week 2 · L 14-51

219

Total Offense

54.5 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

219 total offense with 50.6 efficiency.

#4

@ Southern Miss

Week 4 · W 34-27 · Conference game

194

Total Offense

53.6 takeover

Win with 194 yards of offense and 60 efficiency.

194 total offense with 60 efficiency.

#5

vs Illinois State

Week 1 · W 35-10

171

Total Offense

52.8 takeover

Win with 171 yards of offense and 53.2 efficiency.

171 total offense with 53.2 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Marshall

1,727 primary output · 49.8 efficiency · 9.2 usage

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Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

3

Above avg efficiency