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Marcellus Wilkerson

Senior linebacker for UTSA. 2025: 27 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · UTSA · Sr. · #12

6′1″ · 210 lb · Fort Worth, TX · Boswell HS

CFB Index 30 · #458 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to UTSA for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETat TexasDKR-Texas Memorial StadiumTexas by 30

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 124 nationally · Joined UTSA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for UTSA. 2025: 27 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UTSA in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Grades highest in speed and tackling.

The full scouting read

Marcellus Wilkerson

LB · UTSA · Sr · #12

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at UTSA. The receipt: 6 tackles against Army — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 23-16 over that span.

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

2025UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #458 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th 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	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.2
Road5g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

30 · #458 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #458 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #44 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC 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	UTSA	27	15	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2024	UTSA	10	8	3.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	UTSA	15	9	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		52	32	6.5	1.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 48–20

vs Incarnate Word

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With O. McCown — 238 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hogan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 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 24-42@ Texas A&M	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 36-43vs Texas State	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 48-20vs Incarnate Word	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 21-27@ Temple	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 61-13vs Rice	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-55@ North Texas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-55@ South Florida	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-7@ Charlotte	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 58-24vs East Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-27vs Army	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Bowl	W 57-20vs Florida International	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		27	15	2.5	1.0	—	1

The secondary · UTSA

#15Tyan MiltonS · Sr.51 tackles · 2025
#12Marcellus WilkersonS · Sr.27 tackles · 2025
#14Jer'Marius LewisS · Sr.25 tackles · 2025
#27Jakevian RodgersCB · Jr.23 tackles · 2025
#11Cam Upshaw Jr.S · Jr.13 tackles · 2025

21 more on the roster · UTSA team page

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

Marcellus Wilkerson

20237 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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