Former defensive lineman at Miami. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′2″ · 298 lb · Water Valley, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
OC recruit
No. 2152 nationally · Signed with Middle Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Miami. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Marley Cook
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Marley Cook has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 3 tackles against South Florida — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Miami, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Manny Diaz, Jess Simpson, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
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 in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #289 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 22 | 8 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 20 | 12 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 67 | 29 | 18.5 | 10.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 62-0vs Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 50-15@ South Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 53-31vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-28@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 38-42@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 41-42vs Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Rodas Johnson’s 2022 season.
Matches Rodas on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Decarius Hawthorne's senior season at South Florida (2024).
Matches Decarius on
Player DNA