Usage Score
6.5
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.
Efficiency
26.4
Consistency
58.4
Season Value
30.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Auburn • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Marlon Character, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Louisville. Marlon Character shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.
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: 2018 Regular Season
Louisville paired 0 primary output with 9.5 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.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
26.4
Usage
6.5
Consistency
58.4
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Active game
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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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
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
First Half0.6 · Games = 5 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1.6 · Games = 5 · +1 vs First Half
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 Forest | W 45-21 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Boston College | 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 Tech | 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 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Auburn
2016
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2017-2020
Final stop
Season 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 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisville | 3 | 17.2 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 26.4 | 6.5 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Virginia
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.5 takeover score.
#2
Wake Forest
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.8 takeover score.
#3
Virginia Tech
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
#4
Boston College
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 33.9 takeover score.
#5
Virginia
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2018 Regular Season · Louisville
0 primary output · 9.5 efficiency · 1.6 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
30.1
11 primary · 26.4 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Louisville
8.1
3 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2016 · Rating 0.8911
Grady · Atlanta, GA
- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Career Facts
2
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
83
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.