Fermin Silva

Senior defensive lineman for Marshall. 2019: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DL · Marshall · Sr. · #9

6′2″ · 240 lb · Miami, FL

Marshall 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1240 nationally · Signed with Florida International

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Marshall. 2019: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida International in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Marshall, 16 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Florida International3-star out of Miami Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1240 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Doc Holliday

Marshall

Played his entire career under Doc Holliday.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida International4-8HC: Ron Turner · Balanced

2017Florida International8-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2018Florida International9-4HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#115 / 2688 · 94th pct

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#1413 / 2688 · 43rd pct

2.0

Tackles#1897 / 2688 · 28th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2431 / 2688 · 8th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road4g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

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 · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Marshall	20	6	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
2018	Florida International	11	5	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Florida International	50	33	14.0	6.5	--	--	--
2016	Florida International	42	14	5.5	5.0	1	--	--
Career		123	58	24.5	15.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 56–17

vs VMI

2 TOT · 2 QB HUR

Dominant 39-point win at home against VMI.

With I. Green — 238 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.9 · 46 rush yds (8 car) · A. Thomson — 102 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5 · 16 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week