Senior defensive tackle for Northern Illinois. 2019: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
6′4″ · 275 lb · Waukesha, WI
The story
4 defensive tackle for Northern Illinois. 2019: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMarcus Kelly
Four seasons at Northern Illinois, two different head coaches: Rod Carey and Thomas Hammock. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Central Michigan, Week 10, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 27 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 24–10
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL
With M. Ference — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 8 NO · R. Bowers — 299 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.5 · -10 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-10vs Illinois State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-35@ Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-24@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-36@ Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-0vs Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-48@ Central Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 31-28@ Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |