Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Arizona State
Marcus Ball
LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Westerville, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Ball shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Marcus Ball built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Westerville, OH wearing No. 31, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Marcus Ball's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Arizona State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Marcus Ball, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona State. Marcus Ball shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Marcus Ball quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Westerville South · Arizona State
- High school pipeline
- Westerville South · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2017
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 11 | 64 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 49.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Marcus Ball played LB for Arizona State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Ball recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 7 primary output with 29.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
29.8
Usage
6.2
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Washington State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 2. Texas Tech: 0. UTSA: 1. California: 0. USC: 1. UCLA: 1. Colorado: 0. Washington State: 2. Oregon: 0. Utah: 0. Arizona: 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. Northern Arizona: 3 by 32.5. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. UTSA: 7 by 39.2. California: 2 by 8.3. USC: 2 by 18.3. UCLA: 10 by 51.7. Colorado: 10 by 41.7. Washington State: 9 by 57.5. Oregon: 14 by 50. Utah: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Washington State
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Washington State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Arizona | L 35-56 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/11 | vs Utah | L 26-49 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Oregon10+ tackles | L 35-54 | 14 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | vs Washington StateSplash game | L 32-37 | 9 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Colorado10+ tackles | L 16-40 | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | vs UCLA10+ tackles | W 23-20 | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ USC | L 20-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs California | W 51-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ UTSA | W 32-28 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs Texas Tech | W 68-55 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs Northern ArizonaSplash game | W 44-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Marcus Ball story
Marcus Ball built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Westerville, OH wearing No. 31, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Marcus Ball's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Ball's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arizona State
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 7 | 29.8 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | — | — | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 8 · L 32-37 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#2
vs UCLA
Week 6 · W 23-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Northern Arizona
Week 1 · W 44-13
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Washington
Week 11 · W 27-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ UTSA
Week 3 · W 32-28
1
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
7 primary output · 29.8 efficiency · 6.2 usage
49.1
#2
2015 Regular Season · Arizona State
44.8
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Arizona State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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