Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Western Kentucky
Marcus Ward
DB • 6'3" • 220 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Morgan State
Player Story
Marcus Ward built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Marcus Ward's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Marcus Ward, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Marcus Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 10
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Marcus Ward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 10
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Morgan State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Vestavia Hills · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Vestavia Hills · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · DB 661st (top 83%) · Conference USA 391st (top 64%) · National 3,660th (top 64%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 2 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.7 |
Related Context
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Marcus Ward played DB for Western Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Ward recorded 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.4 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: Ball State
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
8.4
Usage
1.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Ball State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ball State
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Ball State
Player Story
Marcus Ward story
Marcus Ward built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Marcus Ward's career was his defensive production: 10 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Ward's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 20 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 2 | 22.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 8.4 | 1.7 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Morgan State
Week 4 · W 58-17
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 7 · W 55-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Rice
Week 1 · W 46-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
43.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Alabama
Week 2 · L 10-38
0
Havoc Plays
15.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 33-21
0
Havoc Plays
11.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
56.7
#2
2015 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
56.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
47.2
2 primary · 22.5 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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