Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Nebraska
Marcus Newby
LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Newby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Marcus Newby built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 3, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Marcus Newby's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Marcus Newby, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska. Marcus Newby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Marcus Newby quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · LB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Quince Orchard · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Quince Orchard · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 55 tackles · LB 268th (top 25%) · Big Ten 66th (top 11%) · National 593rd (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 55 | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 58.7 |
Related Context
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Marcus Newby played LB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Newby recorded 73 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 6 primary output with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
28.9
Usage
9.1
Consistency
44.4
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 0. Oregon: 1. Northern Illinois: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Ohio State: 1. Purdue: 1. Northwestern: 2. Minnesota: 0. Penn State: 1. Iowa: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 6 by 25. Oregon: 10 by 51.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 5 by 30.8. Purdue: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 10 by 61.7. Minnesota: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 10 by 51.7. Iowa: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
61.7 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs Iowa | L 14-56 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Penn State10+ tackles | L 44-56 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Minnesota | L 21-54 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-31 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Purdue | W 25-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Ohio State | L 14-56 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Wisconsin | L 17-38 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Northern Illinois | L 17-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Oregon10+ tackles | L 35-42 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Arkansas State | W 43-36 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marcus Newby story
Marcus Newby built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 3, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Marcus Newby's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Newby's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Nebraska
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7 | 14.5 | 4.1 | 7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 28.9 | 9.1 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 10 · L 24-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Oregon
Week 2 · L 35-42
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Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Wisconsin
Week 9 · L 17-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 7 · W 27-22 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Maryland
Week 12 · W 28-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
6 primary output · 28.9 efficiency · 9.1 usage
58.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · Nebraska
40.5
7 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Nebraska
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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