#39

Ajani Cuevas-Gillis

Senior safety on Marshall's 2026 roster.

S · Marshall · Sr. · #39

6′0″ · 188 lb · Ashburn, VA

Returning to Marshall for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ETat Missouri StatePlaster Sports ComplexMarshall by 3.5

The story

4 safety on Marshall's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Ajani Cuevas-Gillis

S · Marshall · Sr · #39

Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against Georgia — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Navy3-7HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Solo tackles#2951 / 2975 · 1st pct

Tackles#2976 / 2975 · 0th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	2	2	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Navy	2	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		4	4	1.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-45@ Georgia	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 2 tackles
Total		2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1

The secondary · Marshall

#1Boogie TrotterCB · Sr.73 tackles · 2025
Cameron SmithS · Sr.66 tackles · 2025
#17Daytione SmithS · Sr.50 tackles · 2025
#11Joshua Pierre-LouisDB · Sr.33 tackles · 2025
#39Ajani Cuevas-GillisS · Sr.2 tackles · 2025

25 more on the roster · Marshall team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology