Marcellas Dial: DB · South Carolina · #6.
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Marcellas Dial
Erases the deep middle of the field. Third year in the South Carolina secondary. First career honor, 2023: All-SEC. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Georgia — Week 3, 2023.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 10 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
On3 Oct 24
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Carolina | 36 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2022 | South Carolina | 41 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2021 | South Carolina | 33 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 110 | 80 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 27 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 47-21vs Furman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-24@ No. 1 Georgia | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 37-30vs Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-41@ No. 21 Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 39-41vs Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 12-34@ No. 20 Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-30@ Texas A&M | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-28vs Jacksonville State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 47-6vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-14vs Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-16vs Clemson | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
28%10 pass breakupsTackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL36 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 10 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Shane Beamer — 20-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
53.4%
411 pass / 358 run
Plays / game
64.1
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
461 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #123 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 110 tackles — drafted at #180 overall by the New England Patriots.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shane Beamer.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 3rd NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 3rd NFL season
