Marshe Terry

Senior safety on Northern Illinois's 2019 roster.

S · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 220 lb · Columbus, NJ

Northern Illinois 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 2046 nationally · Signed with UConn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Northern Illinois's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UConn in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 139 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2015

Signed with UConn3-star out of Northern Burlington

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2046 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Rod Carey

Northern Illinois

2019

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016UConn3-9HC: Bob Diaco · Balanced

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2018UConn1-11HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2019Northern Illinois5-7HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#994 / 2688 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1295 / 2688 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1809 / 2688 · 27th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

0.0

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Northern Illinois	39	18	1.0	--	--	--
2018	UConn	37	16	1.5	--	--	--
2017	UConn	60	39	3.0	3	1	--
2016	UConn	3	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		139	74	5.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 24–10

vs Illinois State

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 REC

With M. Ference — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 8 NO · R. Bowers — 299 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.5 · -10 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week