Player Dossier

2021-2025

Iowa State

Carston Marshall

LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Kennesaw, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carston Marshall shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50 disruption score.

Usage Score

3

Efficiency

12.8

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

8.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Youngstown State

21222325

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Iowa State • Youngstown State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

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.

Carston Marshall, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Youngstown State. Carston Marshall shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Youngstown State paired 2.5 primary output with 50 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 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 Iowa State, Youngstown State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

12.8

Usage

3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Iowa: 0. Ohio: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 5 by 25.8

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=2
First Half0 · n=2
All Games0.2 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

25.8 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 9/17vs OhioW 43-10500.5000
Sat 9/10@ IowaW 10-711000
Sat 9/3vs Unknown21000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Youngstown State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2021202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State0.512.830.5
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State08.31.4-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonYoungstown State2.5502.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Michigan State

Game with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#2

Ohio

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

Ohio

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Youngstown State

2.5 primary output · 50 efficiency · usage

59.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

36.6

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

8.1

0.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.85

Rancho Cucamonga · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Committed To
Eastern Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

12

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 6 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Carston Marshall quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
12