#22

Marlin Brooks

Senior cornerback for Ohio. 2019: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

CB · Ohio · Sr. · #22

5′10″ · 170 lb · Miami, FL

Ohio 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2143 nationally · Signed with Ohio

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Ohio. 2019: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio, 114 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20177 games

Signed with Ohio3-star out of Coral Gables

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2143 national

CFB

College

Ohio

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Frank Solich

Ohio

Played his entire career under Frank Solich.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Frank Solich, all run-heavy offenses — 25-14 over that span.

2017Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2018Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2019Ohio7-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#271 / 2688 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#428 / 2688 · 83rd pct

Tackles#577 / 2688 · 78th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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Tackles for loss#2300 / 2688 · 7th pct

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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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road6g	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

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Ohio	54	37	0.0	0.0	5	1	--
2018	Ohio	43	26	5.0	2.0	4	1	1
2017	Ohio	17	11	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		114	74	5.5	2.0	10	2	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 41–20

vs Rhode Island

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Rhode Island.

With N. Rourke — 188 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.5 · 75 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · L. Zervos — 42 LONG · 100 PCT · 11 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week