Senior cornerback on UTEP's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL
The story
4 cornerback on UTEP's 2025 roster.
Marcell Blocker
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Marcell Blocker arrived at UTEP from Florida Memorial University. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Liberty, Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UTEP | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 42–17
vs UT Martin
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 25-point win at home against UT Martin.
With N. Botsford — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 66 LONG · M. Nelson — 278 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.0 · -2 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-28@ Utah State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-17vs UT Martin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-19vs Liberty | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 35-17@ Sam Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-30vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-38@ Missouri State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34vs New Mexico State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UTEP
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · UTEP
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UTEP · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #102 · 2026 recruiting class #92
Player DNA
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaden Rios’s 2025 season.
Matches Jaden on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Lance Boykin's freshman season at Coastal Carolina (2021).
Matches Lance on
Player DNA