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Player Dossier
2017-2022Texas Tech
Marquis Waters
DB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Delray Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marquis Waters shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Duke • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Marquis Waters built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive back from Delray Beach, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Duke and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Marquis Waters' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Marquis Waters, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Texas Tech. Marquis Waters shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 298
- TFL
- 26.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Marquis Waters quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 298
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 61 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Atlantic · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Atlantic · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 55 tackles · DB 100th (top 11%) · Big 12 44th (top 10%) · National 462nd (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 13 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 11 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 25.4 |
| 2022 Postseason | Texas Tech | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 74.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 13 | 55 | 12.5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 74.6 |
Related Context
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Marquis Waters played DB for Duke and Texas Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Marquis Waters recorded 298 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Texas Tech paired 22.5 primary output with 35.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 35.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 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 Duke, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Postseason · Texas Tech
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
35.7
Usage
10.9
Consistency
71.9
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 1. Murray State: 1. Houston: 2. NC State: 1.5. Texas: 1.5. Kansas State: 1. Oklahoma State: 1. West Virginia: 3. Baylor: 1.5. TCU: 2.5. Kansas: 2. Iowa State: 1.5. Oklahoma: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Murray State: 2 by 18.3. Houston: 6 by 45. NC State: 6 by 40. Texas: 3 by 27.5. Kansas State: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 7 by 59.2. Baylor: 2 by 23.3. TCU: 8 by 58.3. Kansas: 1 by 24.2. Iowa State: 6 by 40. Oklahoma: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.9 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 5 · -0.4 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
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/29 | @ Ole Miss | W 42-25 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/27 | vs OklahomaSplash game | W 51-48 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Iowa State | W 14-10 | 6 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs KansasSplash game | W 43-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ TCUSplash game | L 24-34 | 8 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Baylor | L 17-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 48-10 | 7 | 7 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Oklahoma State | L 31-41 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Kansas State | L 28-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Texas | W 37-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ NC State | L 14-27 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs HoustonSplash game | W 33-30 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs Murray State | W 63-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marquis Waters story
Marquis Waters built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive back from Delray Beach, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Duke and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Marquis Waters' career was his defensive production: 298 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 61 career games in the available record. That gives Marquis Waters' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Duke
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201820192020202120222022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 1 | 12.7 | 3.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 1 | 12.7 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 12 | 31 | 5.8 | 11 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 31 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 35 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 14 | 39.6 | 8.8 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 2 | 14.4 | 3.4 | -12 |
| 2022 Postseason | Texas Tech | 22.5 | 35.7 | 10.9 | 20.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 22.5 | 35.7 | 10.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 5 · L 31-38 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
93.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Oklahoma
Week 13 · W 51-48 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
vs West Virginia
Week 8 · W 48-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 9 · L 17-20 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
83 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia Tech
Week 12 · W 43-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Texas Tech
22.5 primary output · 35.7 efficiency · 10.9 usage
74.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech
74.6
22.5 primary · 35.7 efficiency · 10.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Duke
54.3
14 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 8.8 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
15
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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