#22

Marc Stampley II

Senior defensive back for Houston. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

DB · Houston · Sr. · #22

5′11″ · 185 lb · Peachtree City, GA

CFB Index 52 · #253 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Houston for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 78th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

3 PBU · 28 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 8 tackles, vs Texas Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Houston. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2022.
Transferred from Georgia Southern to Houston in 2025.

His career, year by year

Marc Stampley II

DB · Houston · Sr · #22

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Marc Stampley II has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 sacks against Texas Tech — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Georgia Southern8-5HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2025Houston10-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #253 of 544?

Medium confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2
Road6g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.3	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #253 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #253 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #22 of 42 Big 12 DBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Houston	28	15	2.0	1.0	3	2	--
2024	Georgia Southern	42	27	2.0	2.0	7	3	--
2023	Georgia Southern	56	36	2.5	1.0	3	1	--
2022	Georgia Southern	21	17	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
Career		147	95	6.5	4.0	16	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 31–28

vs Arizona

1 TOT

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Weigman — 164 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 98 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Connors — 100 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 2	W 35-9@ Rice	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 36-20vs Colorado	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-24@ Oregon State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 11-35vs Texas Tech	8	7	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	W 39-17@ Oklahoma State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-28vs Arizona	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-16@ Arizona State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 30-27@ UCF	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-17vs TCU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Baylor	—	—	—	—	1	—
Bowl	W 38-35vs LSU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		28	15	2.0	1.0	2	3

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

28Tackles

15Solo

2TFL

1Sacks

3Pass def.

2INT

28 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 11 PD · 1 INT
Week 51 PD
Week 61 sack
Week 91 PD
Week 141 INT

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

Houston

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Houston

Returning around him

1 Houston player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +1 net (18 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #57 · 2026 recruiting class #38

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Caine Savage’s 2023 season.

Caine Savage

91%match

Nevada · 2023

Jayden Williams

Florida Atlantic · 2022

81%

Demarko Williams

Western Kentucky · 2025

80%

Kevin Knowles II

Florida State · 2021

79%

Josh Wallace

Michigan · 2023

78%

Matches Caine on

Height

Weight

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Caine Savage's senior season at Nevada (2023).

Caine Savage

94%match

Nevada · 2023

Noah Pierre

Indiana · 2023

87%

Donte Thompson

UTEP · 2025

86%

Demarko Williams

Western Kentucky · 2025

86%

Robert Kennedy

NC State · 2023

84%

Matches Caine on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Marc Stampley II

Rome Weber

Western Kentucky · 2022

88%

Zeke Robbins

Nevada · 2022

87%

Bralyn Lux

Texas Tech · 2024

87%

Al-Ma'Hi Ali

Charlotte · 2023

87%

Gregory Rubin

Memphis · 2023

86%

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

Marc Stampley II

20229 games

202412 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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