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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Marshall
Marquis Couch
DL • 6'1" • 255 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marquis Couch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
88
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Marshall
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Player Story
Marquis Couch built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Marquis Couch's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Marshall
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Marquis Couch, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Marshall. Marquis Couch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 139
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 21
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Marquis Couch quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Marshall · DL
- Career Tackles
- 139
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Marshall
- Top game
- Western Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Central · Marshall
- High school pipeline
- Miami Central · 116 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · DL 8th (top 1%) · Conference USA 48th (top 8%) · National 461st (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Marshall | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Marshall | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 38 | 6.5 | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | 58.7 |
| 2019 Postseason | Marshall | 13 | 9 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 59.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 51 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 59.9 |
Related Context
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Marquis Couch played DL for Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marquis Couch recorded 139 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Marshall paired 18 primary output with 31.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 32.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Marshall
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
32.3
Usage
9.1
Consistency
31.8
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 1. VMI: 0. Boise State: 3.5. Ohio: 1.5. Cincinnati: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Old Dominion: 1. Florida Atlantic: 1. Western Kentucky: 6. Rice: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. Charlotte: 1. Florida International: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 9 by 47.5. VMI: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 8 by 68.3. Ohio: 6 by 40. Cincinnati: 5 by 20.8. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 26.7. Old Dominion: 5 by 30.8. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 14.2. Western Kentucky: 6 by 75. Rice: 4 by 26.7. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 16.7. Charlotte: 2 by 18.3. Florida International: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
75 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/23 | vs UCF | L 25-48 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Florida International | W 30-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Charlotte | L 13-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 31-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Rice | W 20-7 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Western Kentucky2+ sacks · Splash game | W 26-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/18 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 36-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Old Dominion | W 31-17 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 13-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Cincinnati | L 14-52 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Ohio | W 33-31 | 6 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Boise StateSplash game | L 7-14 | 8 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs VMI | W 56-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marquis Couch story
Marquis Couch built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Marquis Couch's career was his defensive production: 139 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Marshall. 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 Marquis Couch's production has multiple signals. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall.
The arc is straightforward: Marquis Couch 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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Marshall
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Marshall | 18 | 31.9 | 7.1 | 18 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Marshall | 18 | 31.9 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Marshall | 17 | 29.5 | 6.1 | -1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Marshall | 18 | 32.3 | 9.1 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 18 | 32.3 | 9.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Kentucky
Week 9 · W 26-23 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami (OH)
Week 1 · W 31-26
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Western Kentucky
Week 11 · W 30-23 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 8 · W 31-7 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Boise State
Week 2 · L 7-14
3.5
Havoc Plays
75.5 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Marshall
18 primary output · 31.9 efficiency · 7.1 usage
61.2
#2
2017 Regular Season · Marshall
61.2
18 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Marshall
59.9
18 primary · 32.3 efficiency · 9.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
13
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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