John Marshall: LB · Navy · #1.
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John Marshall
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Three seasons in the Navy linebacker corps to date. First career honor, 2022: All-AAC. A game that shows it: 15 tackles against Memphis — Week 2, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
88 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 18.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-14vs Delaware | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 13-37vs Memphis | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20@ East Carolina | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-13@ Air Force | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 53-21vs Tulsa | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 34-40@ SMU | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-38vs Houston | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-20vs Temple | 11 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 5 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 10-20@ Cincinnati | 10 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 11 | L 32-35vs No. 20 Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-14@ No. 17 UCF | 10 | 7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | 4 sacks |
| Wk 15 | L 17-20vs Army | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 88 | 41 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 1 | 7 |
Week 12 · 2022
W 17-14
at UCF
4 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
88tackles this seasonTFL rate
21%18 TFLSack rate
12%10 sacksPD rate
8%7 pass breakups88 tackles · 18.5 for loss · 10.5 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 11-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
14.4%
119 pass / 705 run
Plays / game
68.7
12 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
140 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #1 of 548 FBS linebackers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 204 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
