Marlin Brooks: CB · Ohio · #22.
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Marlin Brooks
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Three seasons in the Ohio secondary to date. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Kent State — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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.
Eleven Warriors Oct 27
The Columbus Dispatch Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-20vs Rhode Island | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-20@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-33@ Marshall | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 25-45vs Louisiana | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-20@ Buffalo | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 36-39vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-38vs Kent State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-21@ Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-24vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-37vs Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 66-24@ Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-21vs Nevada | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 1 · 2019
W 41-20
vs Rhode Island
1 interception · 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 21-point win at home against Rhode Island.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
54tackles this season54 tackles · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Frank Solich, all run-heavy offenses — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
39.2%
334 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
65.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio, 114 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Frank Solich.
