Player Dossier

2023-2025

TCU

Markis Deal

DT • 6'5" • 325 lbs • Garland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Markis Deal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Player Story

Markis Deal built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Garland, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Markis Deal's career was his defensive production: 48...

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Markis Deal, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · TCU. Markis Deal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
48
TFL
7.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Markis Deal quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · DT
Career Tackles
48
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · TCU
Top game
Cincinnati
High school pipeline
Naaman Forest · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 95 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
26 tackles · DT 57th (top 25%) · Big 12 188th (top 26%) · National 1,660th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTCU11-0--037
2024 PostseasonTCU95-0--047.4
2024 Regular SeasonTCU9165.5111047.4
2025 PostseasonTCU1220.50--027.9
2025 Regular SeasonTCU12241.51-2027.9

Related Context

Markis Deal played DT for TCU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Markis Deal recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

TCU paired 8.5 primary output with 19.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.2 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: BYU

Loss 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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2025 Postseason · TCU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.2

Usage

3.1

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 0.5. Abilene Christian: 1. SMU: 0. Arizona State: 0. Colorado: 0. Kansas State: 0. Baylor: 0. West Virginia: 1. Iowa State: 0. BYU: 1.5. Houston: 0. Cincinnati: 1

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. USC: 2 by 13.3. Abilene Christian: 2 by 18.3. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. Kansas State: 3 by 12.5. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 3 by 22.5. Iowa State: 5 by 20.8. BYU: 2 by 23.3. Houston: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -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

BYU

Best efficiency game

23.3 vs BYU

Result
Wed 12/31vs USCW 30-27210.5000
Sat 11/29vs CincinnatiW 45-2310001
Sat 11/22@ HoustonW 17-1433000
Sun 11/16@ BYUL 13-44200.5001
Sat 11/8vs Iowa StateL 17-2050000
Sat 10/25@ West VirginiaW 23-17310.500.500
Sat 10/18vs BaylorW 42-3611000
Sat 10/11@ Kansas StateL 28-4131000
Sat 10/4vs ColoradoW 35-2121000
Sat 9/27@ Arizona StateL 24-2711000
Sat 9/20vs SMUW 35-2411000
Sun 9/14vs Abilene ChristianW 42-21200.500.500

Player Story

Markis Deal story

Markis Deal built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Garland, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Markis Deal's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Markis Deal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    TCU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTCU04.20.8
2024 PostseasonTCU8.519.26.78.5
2024 Regular SeasonTCU8.519.26.70
2025 PostseasonTCU513.23.1-3.5
2025 Regular SeasonTCU513.23.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Cincinnati

Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 18 BYU

Week 12 · L 13-44 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

1.5

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 93 West Virginia

Week 9 · W 23-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Houston

Week 6 · L 19-30 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Kansas

Week 5 · W 38-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

43.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · TCU

8.5 primary output · 19.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage

47.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · TCU

47.4

8.5 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · TCU

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games