Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-34@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-21vs Rutgers | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
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Marcus Upton
Sophomore defensive back on Boston College's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Sicklerville, NJ · Winslow Township
Returning to Boston College for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 784 nationally · Signed with Boston College
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on Boston College's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2025.
Marcus Upton
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Boston College secondary, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Rutgers — Week 2, 2026.
13 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20257 games
- Signed with Boston College3-star out of Winslow Township
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Boston College
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Bill O'Brien, all balanced offenses — 3-11 over that span.
2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced
2026Boston College1-1HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (87th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 6.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boston College | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Boston College | 17 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–21
vs Rutgers
10 TOT · 8 SOLO · 2 PD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With M. McKenzie — 252 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 53.3 · 94 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · D. Pough — 4 rec · 106 yds · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Boston College
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Boston College
Returning around him
- 4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #71 · 2026 recruiting class #53
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kal-El Pascal’s 2024 season.
81%match
Matches Kal-El on
TFL rate
PD rate
Class year
Differs from Kal-El on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Markus Boswell's freshman season at Akron (2025).
95%match
Matches Markus on
Class year
PD rate
TFL rate
Background
2025 (Freshman): Joined the Boston College Football program during the summer … Played in nine games on special teams and as a reserve safety, totaling 17 tackles, including one for loss ... Saw first action of the season on special teams vs. California (9/27) ... Appeared at safety in the fourth...
The secondary · Boston College
- #2KP Price93 tackles · 2025
- #7Carter Davis59 tackles · 2025
- #16Isaiah Farris28 tackles · 2025
- TJ Green25 tackles · 2025
- #5Marcus Upton17 tackles · 2025
20 more on the roster · Boston College team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology