Boogie Trotter

Senior defensive back for Marshall. 2025: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 73 tackles.

DB · Marshall · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 185 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 90 · #8 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Marshall for 2026

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

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

5 PBU · 73 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Backed by 14 tackles · 0.5 TFL -- top 1% tackles game.

The play that turned itSwung Marshall from 39% to 77% to win.Old Dominion at Marshall · 48-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Marshall. 2025: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 73 tackles.

Signed with Tennessee State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Interceptions: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

Boogie Trotter

DB · Marshall · Sr · #1

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 14 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Georgia Southern — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #8 of 544?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#6 / 817 · 98th pct

Tackles#227 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#322 / 2975 · 89th pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.3	0.3	0.0	0.5
Road6g	4.8	0.1	0.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	8.3	0.2	0.1	0.5

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

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 544 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #8 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #8 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #1 of 30 Sun Belt DBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	73	36	2.5	0.5	5	5	--
Career		73	36	2.5	0.5	5	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 48–24

vs Old Dominion

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-45@ Georgia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-21vs Missouri State	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	2	0
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Middle Tennessee	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 51-54@ Louisiana	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 48-24vs Old Dominion	5	3	1.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 8	W 40-37vs Texas State	10	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina	6	6	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 23-35vs James Madison	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 30-18@ Georgia State	9	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-26@ App State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 14	L 19-24vs Georgia Southern	14	5	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 14 tackles
Total		73	36	2.5	0.5	5	5

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

73Tackles

36Solo

2.5TFL

0.5Sacks

5Pass def.

5INT

73 tackles. 5 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 21 PD
Week 32 INT
Week 51 INT
Week 71 PD · 1 INT
Week 101 INT
Week 120.5 sacks
Week 132 PD
Week 141 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Marshall

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Marshall

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (28 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tucker Large’s 2025 season.

Tucker Large

82%match

Washington State · 2025

Jeremiah Johnson

Georgia State · 2024

81%

Jordan Vincent

New Mexico State · 2023

All-Conference USA

79%

Kenneth Robinson

UTSA · 2023

78%

Jakeen Harris

North Carolina · 2024

76%

Matches Tucker on

Tackle volume

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Tucker on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jeremiah Johnson's junior season at Georgia State (2024).

Jeremiah Johnson

87%match

Georgia State · 2024

Kaleb Culp

Texas State · 2023

All-Sun Belt

85%

Jeremiah Lewis

Northwestern · 2022

85%

Jordan Vincent

New Mexico State · 2023

All-Mountain West

82%

Simeon Blair

Arkansas · 2022

All-AAC

82%

Matches Jeremiah on

Class year

Weight

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Boogie Trotter

Tucker Large

Washington State · 2025

82%

Background

HERD FILE: Trotter is a do-it-all defensive back from Tennessee State who brings some experience and playmaking ability to the back end of the Herd defense. In 2024, Trotter finished with 62 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, a forced fumble, three fumble recoveries, three interceptions and seven pass...

via herdzone.com ↗

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
#3Marvae Myers-GloverDB · Sr.30 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

2022

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

Players who play like Boogie Trotter

Background

The secondary · Marshall