Usage / Role
26%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Pittsburgh
Kavir Bains-Marquez
DB • 5'10" • 175 lbs • San Jose, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kavir Bains-Marquez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: California
Player Story
Kavir Bains-Marquez built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from San Jose, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Kavir Bains-Marquez's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UC Davis
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Kavir Bains-Marquez, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Kavir Bains-Marquez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Kavir Bains-Marquez quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · DB
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- California
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Valley Christian · UC Davis
- High school pipeline
- Valley Christian · 37 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 58 tackles · DB 102nd (top 11%) · ACC 53rd (top 7%) · National 439th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 12 | 57 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 56.6 |
Related Context
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Kavir Bains-Marquez played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 1 tracked season, Kavir Bains-Marquez recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Pittsburgh paired 8 primary output with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 26.5 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: NC State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
26.5
Usage
5.4
Consistency
54.9
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 1. Duquesne: 0. West Virginia: 0. Louisville: 1. Boston College: 0. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 1. NC State: 2. Stanford: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Georgia Tech: 1. Miami: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Duquesne: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 7 by 39.2. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 13 by 50. Syracuse: 5 by 30.8. NC State: 4 by 36.7. Stanford: 3 by 22.5. Notre Dame: 8 by 43.3. Georgia Tech: 6 by 35. Miami: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
50 vs Florida State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | @ East Carolina | L 17-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Miami | L 7-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Georgia Tech | W 42-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Notre Dame | L 15-37 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Stanford | W 35-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs NC StateSplash game | W 53-34 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Syracuse | W 30-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Florida State10+ tackles | W 34-31 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boston College | W 48-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Louisville | L 27-34 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ West Virginia | L 24-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Duquesne | W 61-9 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kavir Bains-Marquez story
Kavir Bains-Marquez built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from San Jose, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Kavir Bains-Marquez's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 3 interceptions, and 4 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh. 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 Kavir Bains-Marquez's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Kavir Bains-Marquez 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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Pittsburgh
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 8 | 26.5 | 5.4 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 8 | 26.5 | 5.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ California
Week 1
Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 55 NC State
Week 9 · W 53-34 · Conference game
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.
#3
@ No. 35 Georgia Tech
Week 13 · W 42-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 5 Notre Dame
Week 12 · L 15-37 · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 115 Syracuse
Week 8 · W 30-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
8 primary output · 26.5 efficiency · 5.4 usage
56.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
56.6
8 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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