Senior defensive tackle on Missouri's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 315 lb · Saint Louis, MO · St. Charles
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.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Passes defended: 48th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
2 TFL · 16 tackles
Best game: 1 TFL, 2 tackles, at Auburn
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle on Missouri's 2025 roster.
Marquis Gracial
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Missouri. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Alabama, Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Eli Drinkwitz.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz — 35-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (21st 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #313 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #13 of 13 SEC DTs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 23–17
at Auburn
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.
With B. Pribula — 252 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 76.4 · 28 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · C. Weselman — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-31vs Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 23-17@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38vs Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-27vs Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-17@ Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 7-13vs Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
2026 Outlook
Missouri
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Missouri
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Missouri · Last season: 8-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #34
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keeshawn Silver’s 2023 season.
Matches Keeshawn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Rogers's senior season at Auburn (2023).
Matches Justin on
Player DNA
2025: Played in all 13 contests … Collected 16 tackles (8 solo, 8 assists) and two TFL … Recorded the first pass breakup and forced fumble of his career. Kansas: He recorded a pair of tackles in the win over the rival Jayhawks … forced first career fumble. Massachusetts: Recorded a tackle in the...
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