Marcus Newby

Linebacker for Nebraska. 2017: 55 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.

LB · Nebraska · #3

6′1″ · 235 lb · Gaithersburg, MD

Nebraska 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 305 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Nebraska. 2017: 55 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Nebraska, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Quince Orchard

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#305 national

CFB

College

Nebraska

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Riley — 13-12 over that span.

2016Nebraska9-4HC: Mike Riley · Run-leaning

2017Nebraska4-8HC: Mike Riley · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#560 / 2682 · 79th pct

Solo tackles#638 / 2682 · 76th pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#996 / 2682 · 59th pct

3.0

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	6.8	0.5	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Nebraska	55	31	3.0	0.0	2	1	--
2016	Nebraska	18	7	3.0	2.0	1	--	--
Career		73	38	6.0	2.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 25–24

at Purdue

4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With T. Lee — 431 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.0 · -18 rush yds (5 car) · J. Spielman — 6 rec · 70 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week