Marcus Brown: DT · Cincinnati · #99.
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Marcus Brown
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the Cincinnati defensive front. On tape: 6 tackles against Navy, Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 29 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 14 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 35 | 15 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 11 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 98 | 35 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-14vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Murray State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-24@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-3vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-21vs UCF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Navy | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-20vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-28@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs SMU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13@ East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-20vs No. 16 Houston | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
2%0 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry29 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Luke Fickell — 48-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
46.9%
399 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 98 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
