Usage / Role
19%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Toledo
Marcus Whitfield
DB • 6'0" • 178 lbs • Massillon, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Whitfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Toledo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Toledo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Elon
Player Story
Marcus Whitfield built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Massillon, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Marcus Whitfield's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Toledo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Marcus Whitfield, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Toledo. Marcus Whitfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Marcus Whitfield quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Toledo · DB
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Toledo
- Top game
- Elon
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Washington · Toledo
- High school pipeline
- Washington · 38 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DB 413th (top 52%) · Mid-American 178th (top 33%) · National 1,969th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Toledo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Toledo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Toledo | 8 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Toledo | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39.1 |
Related Context
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Marcus Whitfield played DB for Toledo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcus Whitfield recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Toledo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Toledo paired 4 primary output with 15.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.4 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: Elon
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 Regular Season · Toledo
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.4
Usage
3.4
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Elon
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 2. Nevada: 0. Tulsa: 1. Miami: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 1. Ohio: 0. Akron: 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. Elon: 3 by 32.5. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Tulsa: 3 by 22.5. Miami: 7 by 29.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 0 by 10. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Elon
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Elon
Player Story
Marcus Whitfield story
Marcus Whitfield built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Massillon, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Marcus Whitfield's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 2 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Whitfield's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Toledo
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Toledo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Toledo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Toledo | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Toledo | 4 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Elon
Week 1 · W 47-13
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Tulsa
Week 3 · W 54-51
1
Havoc Plays
28.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Miami
Week 4 · L 30-52
0
Havoc Plays
28.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Akron
Week 8 · W 48-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
#5
vs Maine
Week 2 · W 45-3
0
Havoc Plays
9.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Toledo
4 primary output · 15.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage
39.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Toledo
38.2
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Toledo
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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