Marcus Holton Jr.: DB · East Carolina · #6.
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Marcus Holton Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the same secondary at East Carolina. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against NC State, Week 14, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | East Carolina | 43 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 56 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-28vs North Carolina A&T | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-19vs North Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ South Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-35vs Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-49@ Temple | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-42vs Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-37vs No. 10 UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 41-59vs Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-24@ Tulane | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-21vs UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-56@ Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-58@ NC State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 43 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL43 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
56.8%
561 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
82.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
598 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 56 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
