Ja'Marcus Ingram: DB · Buffalo · #9.
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Ja'Marcus Ingram
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Kent State — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Buffalo | 46 | 34 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Texas Tech | 20 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 22 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | Utah State | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2017 | Utah State | 42 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 149 | 103 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 16 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-7vs Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-28@ Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 25-28vs No. 16 Coastal Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-34@ Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24vs Western Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-48@ Kent State | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 44-56vs Bowling Green | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-33vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-20@ Ball State | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 34 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL46 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Maurice Linguist
Pass share
40.8%
366 pass / 530 run
Plays / game
74.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Utah State, Texas Tech and Buffalo, 149 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 3 schools: Matt Wells and Maurice Linguist.
