Player Dossier

2018-2021

Buffalo

Kevin Marks

RB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Kevin Marks leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.5 efficiency.

Usage Score

21.4

Efficiency

37.5

Consistency

51.4

Season Value

37.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

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.

Kevin Marks, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Buffalo. Kevin Marks leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.5 efficiency.

Kevin Marks played RB for Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kevin Marks recorded 3,035 rushing yards, 129 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Buffalo paired 1,076 primary output with 48.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 37.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

48.8

Efficiency

37.5

Usage

21.4

Consistency

51.4

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 81. Nebraska: 90. Coastal Carolina: 64. Old Dominion: 32. Western Michigan: 34. Kent State: 83. Miami (OH): 27. Northern Illinois: 24. Ball State: 4

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. Unknown: 14 by 58.7. Nebraska: 24 by 40.9. Coastal Carolina: 20 by 33.3. Old Dominion: 14 by 25.4. Western Michigan: 11 by 32.2. Kent State: 18 by 50.5. Miami (OH): 6 by 41.3. Northern Illinois: 6 by 41.7. Ball State: 3 by 13.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses46.6 · Games = 7
First Half60.2 · Games = 5 · +25.7 vs Second Half
Second Half34.5 · Games = 4 · -25.7 vs First Half
All Games48.8 · Games = 9

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

58.7 vs Unknown

Result
Wed 11/24@ Ball StateL 3-20341.3001.3
Thu 11/18vs Northern IllinoisL 27-33624404
Wed 11/10@ Miami (OH)L 18-455183.600194.5
Sat 10/9@ Kent State2+ TDL 38-48168052234.6
Sat 10/2vs Western MichiganL 17-2411343.1003.1
Sat 9/25@ Old DominionW 35-3413332.5001-12.3
Sat 9/18vs Coastal CarolinaL 25-2820643.2013.2
Sat 9/11@ NebraskaL 3-28218540353.8
Thu 9/2vs Unknown2+ TD13725.502195.8

Career Arc

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

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    Buffalo

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonBuffalo90543.223.2
2018 Regular SeasonBuffalo90543.223.20
2019 PostseasonBuffalo1,07648.129.6171
2019 Regular SeasonBuffalo1,07648.129.60
2020 PostseasonBuffalo74467.928.7-332
2020 Regular SeasonBuffalo74467.928.70
2021 Regular SeasonBuffalo43937.521.4-305

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Akron

Win with 182 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

182

Primary metric

182 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.

#2

Central Michigan

167

Primary metric

Win with 167 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

167 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.

#3

Toledo

119

Primary metric

Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

119 scrimmage yards and 25.8 usage.

#4

Ohio

124

Primary metric

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

124 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.

#5

Bowling Green

107

Primary metric

Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

107 scrimmage yards and 23 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Postseason · Buffalo

1,076 primary output · 48.1 efficiency · 29.6 usage

63.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Buffalo

63.8

1,076 primary · 48.1 efficiency · 29.6 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Buffalo

60.1

744 primary · 67.9 efficiency · 28.7 usage

Milestones

11

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

7

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7711

Norview · Norfolk, VA

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

3,164

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 43 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.