#21

Marcellus Pippins

Cornerback on Washington State's 2017 roster.

CB · Washington State · #21

5′10″ · 178 lb · Richmond, CA

Washington State 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 cornerback on Washington State's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Washington State, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Washington State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Mike Leach

Washington State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Leach, all pass-heavy, fast tempo offenses — 26-13 over that span.

2015Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2016Washington State8-5HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1158 / 2682 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1180 / 2682 · 53rd pct

2.5

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Tackles#1613 / 2682 · 39th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road5g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Washington State	25	20	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Washington State	27	21	1.0	0.0	5	2	--
2015	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--	3	--
Career		52	41	3.5	1.0	6	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2017

W 30–27

vs USC

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Falk — 340 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.8 · -9 rush yds (8 car) · E. Powell — 44 LONG · 100 PCT · 12 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week