Former defensive lineman at Florida International. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′2″ · 286 lb · Mobile, AL
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 276 nationally · Joined Florida International
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Florida International. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Marquez Tatum
Wins his gap play after play. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Florida International since. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against New Mexico State, Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida International, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mike MacIntyre — 8-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (4th 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 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida International | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-16vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-38@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 42-45vs Monmouth | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-30@ UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-10vs Sam Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-13vs New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-34@ Jacksonville State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Peyton Price’s 2021 season.
Matches Peyton on
Differs from Peyton on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tim Passmore Jr.'s sophomore season at Massachusetts (2025).
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Player DNA