Player Dossier

2023-2025

Michigan State

Marcellius Pulliam

LB • 6'2" • 239 lbs • Tyrone, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcellius Pulliam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

16

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Miami

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Miami • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Marcellius Pulliam built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tyrone, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Miami and Michigan State. The clearest part of Marcellius Pulliam's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8736

Sandy Creek · Tyrone, GA

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Marcellius Pulliam, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Miami. Marcellius Pulliam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
13

Quick Answers

Marcellius Pulliam quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · LB
Career Tackles
13
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Miami
Top game
Boston College
Recruit profile
3-star · Sandy Creek · Miami
High school pipeline
Sandy Creek · 52 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 4 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
8 tackles · LB 808th (top 64%) · Big Ten 396th (top 51%) · National 3,193rd (top 52%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonMiami21-0--062.5
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State34-0--038.6
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State48-0--040.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Michigan State to Coastal CarolinaP4 to G5/FCS79.1Jan 18, 2026
2024Miami to Michigan StateP4 to P479.8Apr 30, 2024

Marcellius Pulliam played LB for Miami and Michigan State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Marcellius Pulliam recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Miami paired 1 primary output with 12.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.4

Usage

1.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Boston College: 0. Youngstown State: 0. USC: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Youngstown State: 1 by 4.2. USC: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs USC

Result
Sun 9/21@ USCL 31-4553000
Sat 9/13vs Youngstown StateW 41-2410000
Sat 9/6vs Boston CollegeW 42-4011000
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganW 23-610000

Player Story

Marcellius Pulliam story

Marcellius Pulliam built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tyrone, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Miami and Michigan State. The clearest part of Marcellius Pulliam's career was his defensive production: 13 tackles and 1 interception across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Marcellius Pulliam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Miami

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMiami112.110.6
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State05.61.2-1
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State08.41.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Boston College

Week 13 · W 45-20 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 16 USC

Week 4 · L 31-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

18.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Prairie View A&M

Week 3 · W 40-0

0

Havoc Plays

8.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Bethune-Cookman

Week 3 · W 48-7

0

Havoc Plays

4.5 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 10 · L 10-47 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Miami

1 primary output · 12.1 efficiency · 10.6 usage

62.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

40.6

0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Michigan State

38.6

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games