Mark McLaurin: S · Mississippi State · #41.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mark McLaurin
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The three seasons at Mississippi State span two head coaches: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against LSU — Week 8, 2018.
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
64 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 64 | 33 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 79 | 36 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 51 | 27 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 |
| Career | 194 | 96 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 15 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-10@ Kansas State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-10vs Louisiana | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-24@ No. 1 Alabama | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-6vs Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 22-27vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 33 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL64 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
64 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 194 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
