Sophomore linebacker for SMU. 2025: 37 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′2″ · 215 lb · Paris, TN
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
QB hurries: 82nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
3 TFL · 1 sacks · 3 PBU
Best game: 8 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks, at Louisville
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for SMU. 2025: 37 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Caden Marshall
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. He got to SMU by way of Bowling Green. The receipt: 8 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to SMU
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bowling Green | 37 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 17-40@ Louisville | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 20-35@ Ohio | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-23vs Toledo | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-27vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-24@ Kent State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-28vs Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Noah Chambers’s 2025 season.
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As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Noah Chambers's freshman season at Virginia Tech (2025).
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