#22

Kerion Martin

Senior linebacker for Marshall. 2025: 67 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Marshall · Sr. · #22

6′1″ · 220 lb · Charleston, WV

CFB Index 59 · #215 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Marshall for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ETat Missouri StatePlaster Sports ComplexMarshall by 3.5

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

QB hurries: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5.5 TFL · 2 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 13 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Missouri State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Marshall. 2025: 67 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2020.
Transferred from Marshall to Marshall in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kerion Martin

LB · Marshall · Sr · #22

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Kerion Martin has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Marshall. One game to point at: 13 tackles, 2 TFL against Missouri State — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #215 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct

Tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.5	0.7	0.3	0.2
Road5g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	7.8	0.9	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

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 · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #215 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #215 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #18 of 63 Sun Belt LBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	67	23	5.5	2.0	1	--	--
2023	Marshall	31	16	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Marshall	40	15	2.5	0.0	2	--	--
2020	Marshall	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		141	54	10.0	2.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 48–24

vs Old Dominion

7 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-45@ Georgia	7	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-21vs Missouri State	13	6	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 3	W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky	6	1	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 51-54@ Louisiana	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 48-24vs Old Dominion	7	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	W 40-37vs Texas State	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-35vs James Madison	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 30-18@ Georgia State	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-26@ App State	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 19-24vs Georgia Southern	10	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		67	23	5.5	2.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

67Tackles

23Solo

5.5TFL

2Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

67 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.

Week 21 sack
Week 30.5 sacks
Week 70.5 sacks
Week 81 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Marshall

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Marshall

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (28 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Caleb Bonner’s 2021 season.

Caleb Bonner

79%match

Arkansas State · 2021

Aaron Beasley

Tennessee · 2021

77%

Logan Doublin

App State · 2022

76%

Phil Campbell

Pittsburgh · 2021

75%

Jaylon Scott

NC State · 2023

74%

Matches Caleb on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

PD rate

Differs from Caleb on

Hurry rate (higher)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Shammond Cooper's graduate season at Akron (2025).

Shammond Cooper

76%match

Akron · 2025

Jamal Morris

Houston · 2024

75%

Laletia Hale

Jacksonville State · 2024

All-Conference USA

74%

Austin Moore

Kansas State · 2024

73%

Dylan Hazen

Wake Forest · 2025

73%

Matches Shammond on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Solo tackle rate

Differs from Shammond on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kerion Martin

Jadon Pearson

Utah State · 2024

89%

Jaden Dolphin

Northern Illinois · 2022

83%

Jacob Ellis

Colorado State · 2025

81%

Kenny Haynes

Texas State · 2024

78%

Ronald Nunnery

Florida · 2023

78%

The linebacker corps · Marshall

#22Kerion MartinLB · Sr.67 tackles · 2025
#5Javae GilmoreLB · Sr.56 tackles · 2025
#7Jayland ParkerLB · Sr.42 tackles · 2025
#27Cannon LewisLB · So.25 tackles · 2025
#10Chason ClarkLB · Jr.6 tackles · 2025

11 more on the roster · Marshall team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

2024

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

Players who play like Kerion Martin

The linebacker corps · Marshall