Player Dossier

2021-2022

San José State

Marcel Sanders

DL • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcel Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.8

Efficiency

9.9

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

9.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

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.

Marcel Sanders, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · San José State. Marcel Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.

Marcel Sanders played DL for San José State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Marcel Sanders recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

San José State paired 2.5 primary output with 9.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Win with 1.5 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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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · San José State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.9

Usage

1.8

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 0. Western Michigan: 1.5. UNLV: 0. Nevada: 1. Colorado State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Utah State: 0. Hawai'i: 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. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 23.3. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Nevada: 1 by 14.2. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

23.3 vs Western Michigan

Result
Sat 11/26vs Hawai'iW 27-1410000
Sun 11/20@ Utah StateL 31-3543000
Sun 11/13@ San Diego StateL 27-4310000
Sun 11/6vs Colorado StateW 28-1610000
Sun 10/30vs NevadaW 35-2810001
Sat 10/8vs UNLVW 40-720000
Sun 9/25vs Western MichiganW 34-6211.5000
Sat 9/10@ AuburnL 16-2411000

Career Arc

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

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    San José State

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State0
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State2.59.91.82.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Western Michigan

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.

#2

Nevada

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.

#3

Utah State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

#4

UNLV

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#5

Auburn

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · San José State

2.5 primary output · 9.9 efficiency · 1.8 usage

9.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · San José State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.817

Clovis West · Fresno, CA

Committed To
San José State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

13

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 8 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.