Martavius French is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Colorado.
French ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Jeff Traylor and Deion Sanders. The first career honor came in 2024: All-AAC. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Delaware — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-27vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 31-7vs Delaware | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-36@ Houston | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-20vs Wyoming | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs No. 25 BYU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-53@ Utah | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-29@ West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-24@ Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 20 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups31 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Pass share
45.6%
356 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
409 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #447 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #57 of 73 Big 12 LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Traylor and Deion Sanders.
