Player Dossier

2016-2021

Arkansas

Markell Utsey

DL • 6'4" • 295 lbs • Little Rock, AR, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Markell Utsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Missouri • Arkansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

Markell Utsey built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 98, spending time with Arkansas and Missouri. The clearest part of Markell Utsey's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8189

Parkview Magnet · Little Rock, AR

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Markell Utsey, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Arkansas. Markell Utsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
6
Sacks
2
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Markell Utsey quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas · DL
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Arkansas
Top game
Mississippi State
Recruit profile
3-star · Parkview Magnet · Missouri
High school pipeline
Parkview Magnet · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 98 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 450th (top 48%) · SEC 249th (top 39%) · National 2,416th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonMissouri45-0--037.2
2017 Regular SeasonMissouri6611--015.7
2018 Regular SeasonMissouri21-01-023.6
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri8910--09
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri71920-1026
2021 PostseasonArkansas101-0--048.1
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas10132131048.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Missouri to ArkansasP4 to P418.7Apr 25, 2021

Markell Utsey played DL for Missouri and Arkansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Markell Utsey recorded 2 rushing yards and 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Missouri.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Arkansas paired 7 primary output with 12.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Arkansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi 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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2021 Postseason · Arkansas

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

12.9

Usage

4.7

Consistency

40.5

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Rice: 2. Texas: 1. Georgia Southern: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Georgia: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Mississippi State: 2. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 24.2. Texas: 0 by 10. Georgia Southern: 3 by 22.5. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 24.2. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 1/1vs Penn StateW 24-1010000
Fri 11/26vs MissouriW 34-1720000
Sat 11/20@ AlabamaL 35-4210000
Sat 11/6vs Mississippi StateSplash gameW 31-28100.500.500
Sat 10/9@ Ole MissL 51-5210000
Sat 10/2@ GeorgiaL 0-3731100
Sat 9/25vs Texas A&MW 20-1011000
Sat 9/18vs Georgia SouthernW 45-10310.500.500
Sat 9/11vs TexasW 40-2100000
Sat 9/4vs RiceSplash gameW 38-1710001

Player Story

Markell Utsey story

Markell Utsey built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 98, spending time with Arkansas and Missouri. The clearest part of Markell Utsey's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Markell Utsey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Missouri

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMissouri05.20.8
2017 Regular SeasonMissouri27.52.52
2018 Regular SeasonMissouri17.12.8-1
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri161.40
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri315.63.72
2021 PostseasonArkansas712.94.74
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas712.94.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Mississippi State

Week 10 · W 31-28 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Kentucky

Week 6 · L 34-40 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

#3

@ LSU

Week 6 · W 45-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida

Week 9 · L 17-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Georgia

Week 5 · L 0-37 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Arkansas

7 primary output · 12.9 efficiency · 4.7 usage

48.1

#2

2021 Regular Season · Arkansas

48.1

7 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Missouri

37.2

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games