#12

Rakeem Cato

Quarterback for Marshall. 2014: 3,903 passing yards, 40 TD, 13 INT.

QB · Marshall · #12

6′1″ · Miami, FL

Watch-list name (model)Marshall 2014 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 1359 nationally · Signed with Marshall

Statement game417 yds · 7 TDvs Western Kentucky (FBS) · L 66-67

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2014 quarterback for Marshall. 2014: 3,903 passing yards, 40 TD, 13 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Marshall, 3,903 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Marshall3-star out of Miami Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1359 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Marshall13-1HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass tds (98th percentile). Strength: pass yards (96th percentile). Concern: interceptions (14th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Pass TDs#3 / 157 · 98th pct

Pass yards#7 / 157 · 96th pct

3903

Yards / att#18 / 157 · 88th pct

8.7

Rush TDs#15 / 157 · 88th pct

Rush yards#29 / 157 · 82nd pct

482

Completion %#73 / 157 · 54th pct

59.2%

Interceptions#133 / 157 · 14th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	324	3.3	9.6	1.1
Road7g	233	2.4	8.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	283	2.6	9.3	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	275	3.1	8.3	1.1

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 · 2014

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	Marshall	267	451	59.2%	3,903	8.7	40	13	155.4	--	--	--
Career		267	451	59.2%	3,903	8.7	40	13	155.4	--	--	--

Season	Team
2014	Marshall	94	482	5.1	8	--
Career		94	482	5.1	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2014

W 48–7

vs Rhode Island

267 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · 143 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 41-point win at home against Rhode Island.

With D. Johnson — 137 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · T. Williams — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week