Former linebacker at Syracuse. 2024: 42 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.
6′1″ · 236 lb · Baltimore, MD
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
RB recruit
No. 1264 nationally · Signed with Mount Saint Joseph
Statement game4 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Liberty (FBS) · W 24-21
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Syracuse. 2024: 42 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.
Marlowe Wax
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Marlowe Wax has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Syracuse. Two straight seasons of it now: ACC Linebacker Player of the Week again in 2024. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 1.5 sacks against Virginia Tech, Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Syracuse, 325 tackles — 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-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024
W 42–38
vs Miami
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-22vs Ohio | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-41@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-31vs Virginia Tech | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 31-37@ Boston College | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-25@ California | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs UConn | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-38vs Miami | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 52-35@ Washington State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 29 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 6.5 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.
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Blake Carroll’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Sam Howard's graduate season at Tulane (2025).
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Player DNA