#31

Marcus Ball

Linebacker for Arizona State. 2016: 64 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Arizona State · #31

6′2″ · 220 lb · Westerville, OH

Arizona State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 562 nationally · Signed with Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Arizona State. 2016: 64 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Arizona State, 64 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Arizona State3-star out of Westerville South

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#562 national

CFB

College

Arizona State

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Todd Graham — 11-14 over that span.

2015Arizona State6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Arizona State5-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#139 / 2668 · 95th pct

Tackles#398 / 2668 · 85th pct

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#989 / 2668 · 60th pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th 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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2016

W 23–20

vs UCLA

10 TOT · 10 SOLO · 1 INT

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

With M. Haack — 44 AVG · 55 LONG · 9 NO · T. White — 3 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week