Senior linebacker for Colorado. 2025: 31 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′2″ · 225 lb · Memphis, TN
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
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Tackles for loss: 73rd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
4 TFL · 1 sacks
Best game: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL, vs Georgia Tech
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Colorado. 2025: 31 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Martavius French
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jeff Traylor and Deion Sanders. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-AAC. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Delaware — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Deion Sanders. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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
Unranked recruit. Now #447 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #57 of 73 Big 12 LBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| 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 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 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
2026 Outlook
Colorado
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Colorado
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Colorado · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #39 · 2026 recruiting class #67
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Shadrach Banks’s 2022 season.
Matches Shadrach on
Differs from Shadrach on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Shaun Myers's senior season at Colorado (2025).
Matches Shaun on
Player DNA