Marshall
1-1Sun Belt · Tony Gibson, year 2 (6-8) · Joan C. Edwards Stadium · 38,016 · 25,662 avg in 2026
LastW 28–26 vs Middle Tennessee · Sat Sep 12 · Xayvion Turner-Bradshaw 5 rush yds, 1 TD, 79 rec yds
Nextat Missouri State · Sat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ET · Plaster Sports Complex · Marshall by 3.5 · series 0-1 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 84 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | 24 / 33 | 72.7 | 194 | 5.9 | 1 | 0 | 132.1 | — | 44.2 | — | — | ||
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| +0.31 EPA/play | 1 | 2 | 7 / 12 | 58.3 | 67 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 88.6 | — | 28.7 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.85 EPA/play | 5 | 2 | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 1 | 69 | |
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| Complete TE · +0.32 EPA/play | 81 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 0 | 11 | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. The most common profile in its group this season — 17 of 21 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2022 class View Toby Payne's full player page | ||||||||
| +0.15 EPA/play | 2 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | 15 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 41 | — | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 46 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume24 96th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate0.0% bottom 25th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Jaydyn Johnson's full player page | |||||||||
| Balanced Linebacker | 27 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. 46 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume17 bottom 32th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles PD rate0.0% bottom 25th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Cannon Lewis's full player page | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid Nickel | — | 2 | 20 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hybrid NickelMoves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB. The most common profile in its group this season — 22 of 46 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · junior · 3-star, 2023 class View Caleb Clark-Glover's full player page | |||||||
| 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 2 | 14 | 634 | 45.3 | 54 | 5 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
2026 stat leaders · Marshall
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · MarshallJaydyn Johnson leads Marshall with 24 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Marshall fields a capable run-heavy, methodical, ball-control offense behind a solid, gives up the big play defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Marshall reads strongest in passing epa (top 21%) and rushing epa allowed (top 26%); the crux lives in explosive plays allowed, where Marshall sits at the 4th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Marshall · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Marshall is worth +1.7 points more at home than on the road.
Bottom third of FBS, 12th percentile of 133 programs
67% at home, 52% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (28–14 home, 24–22 away). Interval ±3.7.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Marshall has beaten the number by −0.6 more at home than away over 75 games — inside the ±6.4 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Joan C. Edwards Stadium seats 38,016 and has averaged 62% full (23,432, 25 games reported). Visitors cover a median 351 miles to get here since 2018 — 52nd-shortest of 135 FBS venues, inside the ordinary range. 19% of the 2026 roster (25 of 129 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 51 home games since 2018.
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Tendency drift
Season by season
How Marshall’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Marshall’s defense allows a completion rate below the FBS mean (65.0% vs 65.2% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 65-play sample) — mid-pack, 7 of 18 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
63°F average kickoff temp; 14% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 77 home games with weather data.