Player Dossier

2016-2020

Louisville

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.

Usage Score

6.5

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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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 12/12vs Wake ForestW 45-2152102
Sat 11/28@ Boston CollegeL 27-3432002
Sat 11/21vs SyracuseW 30-033000
Sat 11/14@ VirginiaL 17-31760010
Sat 10/31vs Virginia TechL 35-4254110
Sat 10/24vs Florida StateW 48-1621100
Fri 10/9@ Georgia TechL 27-4633000
Sat 9/26@ PittsburghL 20-2376001
Sat 9/19vs MiamiL 34-4700001
Sun 9/13vs Western KentuckyW 35-2122000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Auburn

    2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisville

    2017-2020

    Final stop

Season Progression

201620172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonAuburn0
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville00
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville09.51.60
2019 PostseasonLouisville317.23.63
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville317.23.60
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville1126.46.58

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.