Player Dossier

2019-2024

Miami

Marley Cook

DL • 6'2" • 298 lbs • Water Valley, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marley Cook shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Middle Tennessee • Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Marley Cook built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Water Valley, MS wearing No. 57, spending time with Miami and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Marley Cook's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8156

Water Valley · Water Valley, MS

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Marley Cook, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Marley Cook shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
67
TFL
18.5
Sacks
10
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Marley Cook quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · DL
Career Tackles
67
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
3-star · Water Valley · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Water Valley · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 57 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DL 622nd (top 61%) · ACC 380th (top 50%) · National 2,979th (top 49%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee33-01-010.9
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee7133.533-039.5
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee11209651163.1
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee11226121047.5
2024 PostseasonMiami61-0--07.9
2024 Regular SeasonMiami68-01-07.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Middle Tennessee to MiamiG5/FCS to P487.2Nov 27, 2023

Marley Cook played DL for Middle Tennessee and Miami. Across 6 tracked seasons, Marley Cook recorded 67 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 21 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 7.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 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 Middle Tennessee, Miami.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

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

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2024 Postseason · Miami

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7.9

Usage

1.6

Consistency

5.6

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. Iowa State: 0. Ball State: 1. South Florida: 0. Duke: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Syracuse: 0

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. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 0 by 10. South Florida: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 12/28vs Iowa StateL 41-4211000
Sat 11/30@ SyracuseL 38-4210000
Sat 11/9@ Georgia TechL 23-2820000
Sat 11/2vs DukeW 53-3121000
Sat 9/21@ South FloridaW 50-1530000
Sat 9/14vs Ball StateW 62-000000

Player Story

Marley Cook story

Marley Cook built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Water Valley, MS wearing No. 57, spending time with Miami and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Marley Cook's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 1 interception across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Marley Cook's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Middle Tennessee

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee0
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee17.52.41
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee10.522.75.49.5
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee2126.78.310.5
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1017.46.7-11
2024 PostseasonMiami17.91.6-9
2024 Regular SeasonMiami17.91.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 12 · W 49-21 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Colorado State

Week 2 · W 34-19

5

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#3

vs Monmouth

Week 1 · W 50-15

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida International

Week 11 · W 50-10 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Liberty

Week 8 · L 35-42 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

21 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage

63.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

47.5

10 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

39.5

10.5 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games