Player Dossier

2019-2023

Mississippi State

Marcus Banks

S • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcus Banks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Alabama • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Player Story

Marcus Banks built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Alabama and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Marcus Banks' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9441

Dekaney · Houston, TX

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Marcus Banks, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Marcus Banks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
71
TFL
2.5
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Marcus Banks quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · S
Career Tackles
71
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Top game
LSU
Recruit profile
4-star · Dekaney · Alabama
High school pipeline
Dekaney · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
51 tackles · S 105th (top 20%) · SEC 65th (top 11%) · National 576th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonAlabama00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonAlabama11-0--037
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama360.50--022.8
2022 Regular SeasonMississippi State81310-2029.1
2023 Regular SeasonMississippi State115110-3139.5

Related Context

Marcus Banks played S for Alabama and Mississippi State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Banks recorded 71 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Mississippi State paired 4 primary output with 22.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

22.9

Usage

3.5

Consistency

6.1

Best Game by takeover score

LSU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 2. LSU: 2. South Carolina: 0. Alabama: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Arkansas: 0. Auburn: 0. Kentucky: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Ole Miss: 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. Arizona: 8 by 53.3. LSU: 7 by 49.2. South Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Auburn: 6 by 25. Kentucky: 5 by 20.8. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 0 by 0. Ole Miss: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

LSU

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Arizona

Result
Fri 11/24vs Ole MissL 7-1751000
Sat 11/18vs Southern MissW 41-2000000
Sun 11/12@ Texas A&ML 10-5120000
Sat 11/4vs KentuckyL 3-2453000
Sat 10/28@ AuburnL 13-2764000
Sat 10/21@ ArkansasW 7-342000
Sat 10/7vs Western MichiganW 41-2854000
Sun 10/1vs AlabamaL 17-4053000
Sat 9/23@ South CarolinaL 30-3743000
Sat 9/16vs LSUSplash gameL 14-4174101
Sat 9/9vs ArizonaSplash gameW 31-2483002

Player Story

Marcus Banks story

Marcus Banks built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Alabama and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Marcus Banks' career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 5 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Banks' 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

    Alabama

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonAlabama0
2020 Regular SeasonAlabama04.20.80
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama1.513.43.51.5
2022 Regular SeasonMississippi State310.52.21.5
2023 Regular SeasonMississippi State422.93.51

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs LSU

Week 3 · L 14-41 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Memphis

Week 1 · W 49-23

1

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Mercer

Week 2 · W 48-14

1.5

Havoc Plays

69.5 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Arizona

Week 2 · W 31-24

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Alabama

Week 8 · L 6-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State

4 primary output · 22.9 efficiency · 3.5 usage

39.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · Alabama

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Mississippi State

29.1

3 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games