Usage / Role
53%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2020Louisville
Marlon Character
DB • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marlon Character shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Auburn • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Marlon Character built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Auburn and Louisville. The clearest part of Marlon Character's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Marlon Character, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville. Marlon Character shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Marlon Character quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DB
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Grady · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Grady · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DB 123rd (top 16%) · ACC 83rd (top 13%) · National 565th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 7 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Louisville | 9 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 37 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 58.9 |
Related Context
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Marlon Character played DB for Auburn and Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marlon Character recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Louisville paired 11 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Auburn, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
26.4
Usage
6.1
Consistency
58.4
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. Miami: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Florida State: 1. Virginia Tech: 2. Virginia: 1. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 2. Wake Forest: 3
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. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 0 by 10. Pittsburgh: 7 by 39.2. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 2 by 18.3. Virginia Tech: 5 by 40.8. Virginia: 7 by 39.2. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 3 by 32.5. Wake Forest: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 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
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/12 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | W 45-21 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | L 27-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Syracuse | W 30-0 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Virginia | L 17-31 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Virginia TechSplash game | L 35-42 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Florida State | W 48-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/9 | @ Georgia Tech | L 27-46 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Pittsburgh | L 20-23 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Miami | L 34-47 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/13 | vs Western Kentucky | W 35-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marlon Character story
Marlon Character built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Auburn and Louisville. The clearest part of Marlon Character's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Marlon Character'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
Auburn
2016
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2017-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Louisville | 3 | 17.2 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 3 | 17.2 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 26.4 | 6.1 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 9 · W 28-21 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 15 · W 45-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Virginia Tech
Week 9 · L 35-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Virginia
Week 11 · L 17-31 · 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
@ Boston College
Week 13 · L 27-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
11 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 6.1 usage
58.9
#2
2018 Regular Season · Louisville
40.8
0 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Louisville
18.5
3 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 3.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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