Player Dossier

2018-2023

New Mexico State

Marcus Buckley

DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Weatherford, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcus Buckley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

55

Solid production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

lowhigh

Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7611

Weatherford · Weatherford, TX

Committed To
New Mexico State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Marcus Buckley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Marcus Buckley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
TFL
1.5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Marcus Buckley quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · DL
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 13 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
Nevada
Recruit profile
2-star · Weatherford · New Mexico State
High school pipeline
Weatherford · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 94 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State45-0--036.9
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State67-01-018.3
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State12-0--039.7
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State231.50.5--068
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00-0--0-

Related Context

Marcus Buckley played DL for New Mexico State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Marcus Buckley recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 2 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

6.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 1. UTEP: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Nevada

Result
Sun 9/11@ UTEPL 13-20100.500.500
Sun 8/28vs NevadaL 12-2322100

Career Arc

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    New Mexico State

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State05.20.7
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State16.61.31
2020 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0-1
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State08.31.30
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State216.36.72
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nevada

Week 1 · L 12-23

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#2

@ UTEP

Week 2 · L 13-20

1

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Liberty

Week 6 · L 13-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 11 · L 3-59

0

Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 2 · L 13-60

0

Havoc Plays

5.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State

2 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 6.7 usage

68

#2

2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

39.7

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State

36.9

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games