#31

Omari Cobb

Senior linebacker for Marshall. 2019: 114 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Marshall · Sr. · #31

6′4″ · 223 lb · Port Saint Lucie, FL

Marshall 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1765 nationally · Signed with Marshall

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Marshall. 2019: 114 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Marshall, 247 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201611 games

Signed with Marshall3-star out of Treasure Coast

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1765 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Doc Holliday

Marshall

Played his entire career under Doc Holliday.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Doc Holliday — 28-23 over that span.

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2017Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2018Marshall9-4HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#20 / 2688 · 99th pct

114

QB hurries#30 / 2688 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#199 / 2688 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#312 / 2688 · 88th pct

7.5

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	8.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Road5g	9.8	1.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.6	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	10.2	0.6	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Marshall	114	46	7.5	2.0	2	1	--
2018	Marshall	60	20	7.5	4.5	1	1	--
2017	Marshall	37	19	8.5	3.0	1	--	--
2016	Marshall	36	16	4.5	3.0	1	--	--
Career		247	101	28.0	12.5	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 56–17

vs VMI

4 TOT

Dominant 39-point win at home against VMI.

With I. Green — 238 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.9 · 46 rush yds (8 car) · A. Thomson — 102 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5 · 16 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week