Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Washington State
Marcellus Pippins
CB • 5'10" • 178 lbs • Richmond, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcellus Pippins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Washington State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Washington State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Marcellus Pippins built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a cornerback from Richmond, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Marcellus Pippins' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Washington State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Marcellus Pippins, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Washington State. Marcellus Pippins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 52
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Marcellus Pippins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Washington State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Washington State
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · El Cerrito · Washington State
- High school pipeline
- El Cerrito · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · CB 154th (top 42%) · Pac-12 153rd (top 29%) · National 1,690th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Washington State | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2016 Postseason | Washington State | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Washington State | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Washington State | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Washington State | 11 | 23 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 26.1 |
Related Context
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Marcellus Pippins played CB for Washington State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcellus Pippins recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Washington State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Washington State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 13.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Washington State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
13.6
Usage
2.7
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 0. Montana State: 0. Boise State: 0.5. Oregon State: 2. Nevada: 1. USC: 0. Oregon: 1. California: 0. Colorado: 0. Arizona: 0. Washington: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. Montana State: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 5 by 25.8. Oregon State: 6 by 45. Nevada: 0 by 10. USC: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 2 by 18.3. California: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
45 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/29 | @ Michigan State | L 17-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | @ Washington | L 14-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Arizona | L 37-58 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/22 | vs Colorado | W 28-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ California | L 3-37 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | @ Oregon | W 33-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs USC | W 30-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Nevada | W 45-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Oregon StateSplash game | W 52-23 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Boise State | W 47-44 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Montana State | W 31-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marcellus Pippins story
Marcellus Pippins built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a cornerback from Richmond, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with Washington State. The clearest part of Marcellus Pippins' career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 interceptions across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Washington State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Marcellus Pippins' production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Washington State.
The arc is straightforward: Marcellus Pippins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Washington State
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Washington State | 3 | 20 | — | 3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Washington State | 8 | 16 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Washington State | 8 | 16 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Washington State | 4.5 | 13.6 | 2.7 | -3.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Washington State | 4.5 | 13.6 | 2.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UCLA
Week 7 · W 27-21 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Boise State
Week 2 · L 28-31
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Oregon State
Week 3 · W 52-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington
Week 13 · L 10-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 5 · L 28-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Washington State
3 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
52.5
#2
2016 Postseason · Washington State
42.5
8 primary · 16 efficiency · 4.8 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Washington State
42.5
8 primary · 16 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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