Marcus McWilson: S · Kentucky · #15.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Marcus McWilson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the Kentucky secondary to date. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Louisville — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-44vs Southern Miss | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-45@ Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 62-42vs New Mexico State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-10vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-34@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-13vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-38vs Mississippi State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-21@ Missouri | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27vs Georgia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 36-49@ Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-13vs Austin Peay | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-38@ No. 11 Louisville | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
 Bowl | L 18-33vs Georgia Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 29 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 13 · 2016
W 41-38
at Louisville
2 tackles for loss · 9 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Louisville on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL66 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Mark Stoops — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
34.2%
311 pass / 598 run
Plays / game
69.9
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
66 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kentucky, 66 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
