Junior defensive lineman for Kent State. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
6′3″ · 250 lb · Cheltenham, PA
The story
3 defensive lineman for Kent State. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMarcus Winfield
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The receipt: 3 tackles against Ohio — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Kent State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (1st 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kent State | 11 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 38–10
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 6-28@ Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-10vs Central Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-53@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-42@ Ohio | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-28@ Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-49vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-34@ Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-37vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Nelson Ceaser’s 2022 season.
Matches Nelson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Trey Laing's freshman season at Eastern Michigan (2024).
Matches Trey on
Differs from Trey on
Player DNA