Marcus Ball: LB · Arizona State · #31.
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Marcus Ball
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Two seasons in the Arizona State linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 14 tackles against Oregon — Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arizona State | 64 | 52 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | Arizona State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 64 | 52 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-13vs Northern Arizona | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 68-55vs Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 32-28@ UTSA | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 51-41vs California | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-41@ USC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20vs UCLA | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-40@ Colorado | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 32-37vs Washington State | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-54@ Oregon | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 26-49vs No. 13 Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-56@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 52 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 6 · 2016
W 23-20
vs UCLA
1 interception · 10 tackles · 10 solo tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
3%2 pass breakups64 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Todd Graham — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Todd Graham
Pass share
47.5%
425 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
74.5
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arizona State, 64 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Todd Graham.
