Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24@ Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 56-10vs UC Davis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Marques White
Senior defensive end on SMU's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 250 lb · Glendale, AZ
CFB Index 64 · #129 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceTransferred Massachusetts → SMU for 2026
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.
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 4 tackles · 2 hurries
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs UC Davis
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end on SMU's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Massachusetts to SMU in 2026.
In Their Words
271 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Marques White
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Marques White has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-MAC. The receipt: 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL against UC Davis — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
202511 games
- All-MACsecond
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2025)
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to SMU
2025Massachusetts
2026SMU
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced
2026SMU2-0HC: Rhett Lashlee · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SMU | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 43 | 17 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 19 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 27–24
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With K. Jennings — 430 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 95.6 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · D. Green — 43 rush yds (13 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to A.J. Campbell’s 2025 season.
Matches A.J. on
Class year
TFL rate
Sack rate
Differs from A.J. on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to TyJuan Garbutt's freshman season at Virginia Tech (2021).
86%match
Matches TyJuan on
Sack rate
Weight
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Marques White
The defensive line · SMU
- #16Marques White10.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #5Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #97Christian Davis3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #9Ira Singleton3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #93Kevin Allen2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · SMU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology