Marquise Copeland: DE · Cincinnati · #44.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Marquise Copeland
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The three seasons at Cincinnati span two head coaches: Tommy Tuberville and Luke Fickell. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ohio — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 50 | 24 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 63 | 31 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Cincinnati | 59 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 172 | 73 | 20.5 | 8.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-17@ UCLA | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-0@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-7vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-30vs Ohio | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-7@ UConn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-21vs Tulane | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Temple | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-20@ SMU | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-0vs Navy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-23vs South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-38@ No. 11 UCF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-6vs East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 24 | 8.0 | 4.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
8%4 sacksTFL rate
16%8 TFLHurry rate
8%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%4 of 8 pressures50 tackles · 8 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
38.7%
373 pass / 590 run
Plays / game
74.1
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
407 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
50 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Cincinnati, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tommy Tuberville → Luke Fickell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
