Marcus Jones: CB · Houston · #8.
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Marcus Jones
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2021: All-America (Consensus). One game to point at: 7 tackles against East Carolina — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 13 passes defended. 5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs Texas Tech | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-7@ Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Grambling | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-20vs Navy | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-10@ Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-22@ Tulane | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs East Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 44-37vs No. 19 SMU | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-42@ South Florida | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-8@ Temple | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-13vs Memphis | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17@ UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-35@ No. 3 Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
28%13 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this season47 tackles · 1 for loss · 13 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road7g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
47.6%
457 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
73.9
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
501 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Selector Grid · 2021
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Troy and Houston, 152 tackles, the Paul Hornung Award (2021) — drafted at #85 overall by the New England Patriots.
A stat line in 43 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2021)
7 first-team selectors
National awards
Paul Hornung
2021 season
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
5 weekly honors (2021)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week, AAC Specialist Player of the Week — a 4+ season has tracked to All-Conference ~83% of the time
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Neal Brown and Dana Holgorsen.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 5th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 5th NFL season
