Usage / Role
27%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Ole Miss
Markel Winters
DE • 6'3" • 252 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Markel Winters shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ole Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Markel Winters built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 19, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Markel Winters' career was his defensive...
Read the storyMarkel Winters, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss. Markel Winters shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Markel Winters quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ole Miss · DE
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss
- Top game
- Kent State
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DE 191st (top 58%) · SEC 271st (top 42%) · National 2,333rd (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | 52.7 |
Related Context
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Markel Winters played DE for Ole Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Markel Winters recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Ole Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Ole Miss paired 11 primary output with 27.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
27.7
Usage
6.5
Consistency
28.5
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Illinois: 0. Alabama: 1. Kent State: 8. LSU: 0. UL Monroe: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 2 by 18.3. Kent State: 4 by 66.7. LSU: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
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Wins3.3 · Games = 3 · +2.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -2.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Kent State
Player Story
Markel Winters story
Markel Winters built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive end from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 19, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of Markel Winters' career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Ole Miss. 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 Markel Winters' production has multiple signals. With 10 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ole Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Markel Winters 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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Ole Miss
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 3.5 | 11.2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 11 | 27.7 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 4 · W 38-17
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
8 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Arkansas
Week 9 · L 37-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#3
vs UL Monroe
Week 6 · W 70-21
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Havoc Plays
39.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Alabama
Week 3 · L 7-62 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
27.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Kentucky
Week 10 · W 37-34 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
24.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Ole Miss
11 primary output · 27.7 efficiency · 6.5 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Ole Miss
24.3
3.5 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 2 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Ole Miss
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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