Player Dossier

2023-2025

Oklahoma

Markus Strong

DL • 6'3" • 297 lbs • Raiford, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Markus Strong shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.6

Efficiency

14.7

Consistency

55.5

Season Value

29.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

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.

Markus Strong, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma. Markus Strong shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Oklahoma paired 4 primary output with 48.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 2 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Oklahoma

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

14.7

Usage

3.6

Consistency

55.5

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 2. Texas: 1. South Carolina: 1. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kent State: 3 by 32.5. Texas: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.8 · n=4
First Half1.3 · n=3 · +1.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · -1.3 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · n=5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 11/22vs MissouriW 17-610000
Sat 11/15@ AlabamaW 23-2120000
Sat 10/18@ South CarolinaW 26-711100
Sat 10/11@ TexasL 6-2311100
Sat 10/4vs Kent StateW 44-031110

Career Arc

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

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    Oklahoma

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma04.21
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma448.314.94
2025 Regular SeasonOklahoma414.73.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Temple

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#2

Kent State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.8 takeover score.

#3

Texas

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23 takeover score.

#4

South Carolina

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 22.5 takeover score.

#5

Alabama

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma

4 primary output · 48.3 efficiency · 14.9 usage

51.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma

35.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Oklahoma

29.6

4 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8589

Union County · Lake Butler, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

11

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 7 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Markus Strong quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
11