Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Nebraska
Marques Buford Jr.
DB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marques Buford Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Player Story
Marques Buford Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Desoto, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Marques Buford Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyMarques Buford Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nebraska. Marques Buford Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 136
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Marques Buford Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · DB
- Career Tackles
- 136
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Fort Bend Marshall · 55 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DB 421st (top 44%) · Big Ten 232nd (top 30%) · National 1,984th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 59 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Nebraska | 9 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 9 | 17 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
Related Context
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Marques Buford Jr. played DB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marques Buford Jr. recorded 136 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 8.5 primary output with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Nebraska
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
9.7
Usage
1.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Akron: 0. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 0. Maryland: 0. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 0. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 4 by 16.7. Cincinnati: 5 by 20.8. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 1 by 4.2
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Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ Utah | L 22-44 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Iowa | L 16-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Northwestern | W 28-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Minnesota | L 6-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Maryland | W 34-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Michigan State | W 38-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Michigan | L 27-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Akron | W 68-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Cincinnati | W 20-17 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marques Buford Jr. story
Marques Buford Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Desoto, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Marques Buford Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Nebraska. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Marques Buford Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Marques Buford Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Nebraska
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8.5 | 33.1 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 28.8 | 8.5 | -4.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 7 | 16.6 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7 | 16.6 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Nebraska | 0 | 9.7 | 1.9 | -7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Maryland
Week 11 · L 10-13 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia Southern
Week 2 · L 42-45
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Minnesota
Week 10 · L 13-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#4
@ Wisconsin
Week 12 · L 17-24 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#5
vs North Dakota
Week 1 · W 38-17
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
8.5 primary output · 33.1 efficiency · 6.9 usage
59.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
47.1
4 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Nebraska
42
0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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