Player Dossier

2019-2024

Boise State

Markel Reed

CB • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Temple, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Markel Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Markel Reed built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Temple, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Markel Reed's career was his defensive production: 69...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8697

Williamson · Mobile, AL

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Markel Reed, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State. Markel Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
69
TFL
4
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Markel Reed quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · CB
Career Tackles
69
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Boise State
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
3-star · Williamson · Arkansas
High school pipeline
Williamson · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
5 tackles · CB 294th (top 67%) · Mountain West 297th (top 55%) · National 3,510th (top 58%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonBoise State74-0--018.9
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State7910-1018.9
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State6171013058.9
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State5211.50-1031
2022 Regular SeasonBoise State11-0--036.7
2023 Regular SeasonBoise State6120.50-2022.6
2024 Regular SeasonBoise State45-0--037.8

Related Context

Markel Reed played CB for Boise State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Markel Reed recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Boise State paired 5 primary output with 20.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.2

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 0. Portland State: 0. San José State: 0. UNLV: 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. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. Portland State: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs San José State

Result
Sat 12/7vs UNLVW 21-711000
Sun 11/17@ San José StateW 42-2122000
Sun 9/22vs Portland StateW 56-1411000
Sat 8/31@ Georgia SouthernW 56-4511000

Player Story

Markel Reed story

Markel Reed built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Temple, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Markel Reed's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 7 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Markel Reed'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.

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    Boise State

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonBoise State210.61.9
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State210.61.90
2020 Regular SeasonBoise State520.24.33
2021 Regular SeasonBoise State2.522.54.6-2.5
2022 Regular SeasonBoise State04.20.7-2.5
2023 Regular SeasonBoise State2.512.522.5
2024 Regular SeasonBoise State05.21-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Air Force

Week 9 · W 49-30 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Oklahoma State

Week 3 · L 20-21

1.5

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Hawai'i

Week 12 · W 40-32 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#4

@ UCF

Week 1 · L 31-36

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 13 · W 56-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Boise State

5 primary output · 20.2 efficiency · 4.3 usage

58.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Boise State

37.8

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Boise State

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games