Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2025UNLV
Marsel McDuffie
LB • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Grand Prairie, TX, USA
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Marsel McDuffie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Marsel McDuffie built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Marsel McDuffie's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UNLV
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Marsel McDuffie, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · UNLV. Marsel McDuffie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 246
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Marsel McDuffie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · LB
- Career Tackles
- 246
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · UNLV
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · South Grand Prairie · UNLV
- High school pipeline
- South Grand Prairie · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 112 tackles · LB 22nd (top 2%) · Mountain West 4th (top 1%) · National 25th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 5 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | UNLV | 11 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 71 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 31.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | UNLV | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UNLV | 9 | 33 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 65.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | UNLV | 14 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UNLV | 14 | 103 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64.5 |
Related Context
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Marsel McDuffie played LB for UNLV. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marsel McDuffie recorded 246 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
UNLV paired 14.5 primary output with 36.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 43.7 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: Utah State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · UNLV
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
43.7
Usage
9.8
Consistency
32.8
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Idaho State: 3. UCLA: 2. Miami (OH): 3. Wyoming: 1. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. New Mexico: 1. Colorado State: 1.5. Utah State: 3. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 0. Boise State: 0
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 9 by 37.5. Sam Houston: 6 by 25. Idaho State: 6 by 55. UCLA: 7 by 49.2. Miami (OH): 10 by 71.7. Wyoming: 4 by 26.7. Air Force: 12 by 50. Boise State: 6 by 25. New Mexico: 11 by 55.8. Colorado State: 8 by 48.3. Utah State: 10 by 71.7. Hawai'i: 8 by 33.3. Nevada: 6 by 25. Boise State: 9 by 37.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 10 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/24 | @ Ohio | L 10-17 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | @ Boise State | L 21-38 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ Nevada | W 42-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Hawai'i | W 38-10 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Utah State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 29-26 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Colorado State | W 42-10 | 8 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs New Mexico10+ tackles | L 35-40 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Boise State | L 31-56 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Air Force10+ tackles | W 51-48 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Wyoming | W 31-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Miami (OH)10+ tackles · Splash game | W 41-38 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs UCLASplash game | W 30-23 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Sam Houston | W 38-21 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 38-31 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marsel McDuffie story
Marsel McDuffie built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Marsel McDuffie's career was his defensive production: 246 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UNLV. 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 Marsel McDuffie'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 UNLV.
The arc is straightforward: Marsel McDuffie 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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UNLV
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | UNLV | 4.5 | 32.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 4.5 | 32.5 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | UNLV | 14.5 | 36.9 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UNLV | 14.5 | 36.9 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | UNLV | 14.5 | 43.7 | 9.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UNLV | 14.5 | 43.7 | 9.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Hawai'i
Week 11 · W 29-27 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 79 Utah State
Week 12 · W 29-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 82 Miami (OH)
Week 4 · W 41-38
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Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 38-31
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Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#5
@ Houston
Week 1 · W 27-7
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · UNLV
14.5 primary output · 36.9 efficiency · 8.4 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · UNLV
65.6
14.5 primary · 36.9 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · UNLV
64.5
14.5 primary · 43.7 efficiency · 9.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
9
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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