Former linebacker at Boston College. 2024: 27 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
5′11″ · 221 lb · Wayzata, MN
The story
Former linebacker at Boston College. 2024: 27 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJoe Marinaro
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Joe Marinaro has been at Boston College through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 8 tackles against SMU — Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Boston College, 29 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boston College | 27 | 12 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024
W 37–31
vs Syracuse
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Syracuse at home in a shootout.
With K. Robichaux — 198 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD · L. Connor — 5 PTS · 37 AVG · 40 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-0vs Duquesne | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-27@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-42@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-31vs Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-38@ SMU | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 41-21vs North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-23vs Pittsburgh | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 15-20@ Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 12 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mitchell Kulkin’s 2023 season.
Matches Mitchell on
Differs from Mitchell on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jacquez Jones's junior season at Kentucky (2022).
Matches Jacquez on
Differs from Jacquez on