Jimmy Marshall

#6 · WR · Sr. · Middle Tennessee6′5″ · 234 lb · Macon, GA · Tattnall Square Academy

Jimmy Marshall: WR · Middle Tennessee · #6.

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Jimmy Marshall

WR · Middle Tennessee · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Five seasons in the Middle Tennessee receiving corps to date. The first career honor came in 2021: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 111 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Virginia Tech — Week 2, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Middle Tennessee in the news

Rick Stockstill named FSU interim coachNov 2
Ed Bunio dies at 85Oct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Middle Tennessee	45	510	11.3	6	37
2020	Middle Tennessee	8	63	7.9	0	19
2019	Middle Tennessee	35	513	14.7	6	59
2018	Middle Tennessee	4	96	24.0	0	28
2017	Middle Tennessee	8	79	9.9	2	22
Career		100	1,261	12.6	14	59

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 50-15vs Monmouth	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 2	L 14-35@ No. 19 Virginia Tech	8	111	13.9	0	26	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 3	L 13-27@ UTSA	2	51	25.5	1	28
Wk 4	L 39-42@ Charlotte	5	73	14.6	1	26
Wk 5	W 34-28vs Marshall	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Liberty	7	77	11.0	1	37
Wk 8	W 44-13@ UConn	4	61	15.3	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 35-10vs Southern Miss	2	14	7.0	0	12
Wk 10	L 21-48@ Western Kentucky	5	22	4.4	0	9
Wk 11	W 50-10vs Florida International	4	51	12.8	1	17
Wk 12	L 17-24vs Old Dominion	3	17	5.7	0	10
Wk 13	W 27-17@ Florida Atlantic	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		45	510	11.3	6	37

Signature game

Week 6 · 2021

L 13-41

at Liberty

7 rec · 77 yds · 1 TD

With K. Ulbrich — 42.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · C. Cunningham — 230 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.1

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.78B.Hockman pass complete to MTS 37. Catch made by J.Marshall at MTS 37. Gain of 26 yards. Tackled by N.Peoples at VT 37.
Week 6 · Liberty · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 37 yds to the Liber 46 for a
Week 8 · UConn · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 22 yds to the UConn 42 for a
Week 11 · Florida International · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.72N.Vattiato pass complete to FIU 12. Catch made by J.Marshall at FIU 12. Gain of 12 yards. J.Marshall for 12 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 3 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 23 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 4 · Charlotte · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 7 yds for a TD

4 more plays

Week 8 · UConn · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 18 yds for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 8 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 14 yds for a TD (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 3 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Bailey Hockman pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 28 yds to the TexSA 47 for a
Week 6 · Liberty · 1st and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 6 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 29-32 over that span.

2017Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2018Middle Tennessee8-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2019Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2020Middle Tennessee3-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 55 (#146 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

55Rotational starter #146 of 468 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: rec tds (84th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#41 / 655 · 94th pct

14.7%

Catch rate#172 / 655 · 74th pct

82.4%

EPA / target#235 / 655 · 64th pct

0.77

Explosive rate#273 / 655 · 58th pct

14.7%

Yards / catch#426 / 655 · 35th pct

11.3

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#71 / 557 · 84th pct

Receptions#132 / 557 · 76th pct

Rec yards#201 / 557 · 64th pct

510

Long catch#420 / 557 · 24th pct

Yards / catch#424 / 557 · 24th pct

11.3

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	19.8	7.0	0.2
Road7g	4.7	58.7	13.2	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	54.8	12.4	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	30.2	8.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Rick Stockstill

Pass share

51.0%

463 pass / 444 run

Plays / game

75.6

12 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

483 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

55 · #146 of 468 WRs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #146 at the position.

Jimmy Marshall

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Middle Tennessee in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at Middle Tennessee

2017 7 games

2021 12 games