Marcus Strong

Senior cornerback for Washington State. 2019: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 66 tackles.

CB · Washington State · Sr. · #4

5′10″ · 185 lb · Rialto, CA

Washington State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1538 nationally · Signed with Washington State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Washington State. 2019: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 66 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington State, 118 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20163 games

Signed with Washington State3-star out of Wilmer Amina Carter

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1538 national

CFB

College

Washington State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Mike Leach

Washington State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Leach — 34-18 over that span.

2016Washington State8-5HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2018Washington State11-2HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2019Washington State6-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Strength: passes defended (88th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#199 / 2688 · 92nd pct

Passes defended#271 / 2688 · 88th pct

Tackles#352 / 2688 · 87th pct

Interceptions#134 / 779 · 72nd pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1061 / 2688 · 57th pct

3.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.7
Road6g	6.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.3	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Washington State	66	46	3.0	1.0	5	2	--
2018	Washington State	30	24	1.0	1.0	5	3	--
2017	Washington State	19	13	0.0	0.0	5	1	1
2016	Washington State	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		118	86	4.0	2.0	15	6	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 59–17

vs Northern Colorado

4 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 42-point win at home against Northern Colorado.

With A. Gordon — 464 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.8 · 10 rush yds (1 car) · B. Arconado — 8 rec · 127 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 58-7vs New Mexico State	8	5	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 59-17vs Northern Colorado	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-24@ Houston	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 63-67vs UCLA	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 13-38@ Utah	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 34-38@ Arizona State	9	6	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 8	W 41-10vs Colorado	3	3	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	L 35-37@ Oregon	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 20-33@ California	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 49-22vs Stanford	5	4	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	W 54-53vs Oregon State	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 14	L 13-31@ Washington	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 21-31vs Air Force	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		66	46	3.0	1.0	2	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology