Marcus Banks

Senior safety on Mississippi State's 2023 roster.

S · Mississippi State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 190 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 42 · #343 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceMississippi State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 127 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Mississippi State's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2019.
Transferred from Alabama to Mississippi State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Mississippi State, 71 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with Alabama4-star out of Dekaney

20228 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#127 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

2023

Greg Knox

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Greg Knox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Alabama13-0HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #343 of 538?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#561 / 2842 · 80th pct

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#662 / 2842 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road4g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #343 of 538 safeties

Former four-star. Now #343 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Mississippi State	51	27	1.0	3	--	--
2022	Mississippi State	13	7	1.0	2	--	--
2021	Alabama	6	4	0.5	--	1	--
2020	Alabama	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		71	39	2.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–24

vs Arizona

2 PD · 3 SOLO · 8 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With W. Rogers — 162 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.7 · -15 rush yds (2 car) · J. Marks — 123 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 31-24vs Arizona	8	3	0.0	—	2	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	L 14-41vs LSU	7	4	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 30-37@ South Carolina	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-40vs Alabama	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-28vs Western Michigan	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 7-3@ Arkansas	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 13-27@ Auburn	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Kentucky	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-51@ Texas A&M	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-20vs Southern Miss	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 7-17vs Ole Miss	5	1	0.0	—	0
Total		51	27	1.0	—	3

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