Kerion Martin is a linebacker at Marshall who has not played in Marshall's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Marshall lists 16 linebackers this season.
Marshall is 5-3. Next: at Georgia Southern, Sat Nov 7.
Martin is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Marshall. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Missouri State — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-45@ No. 5 Georgia | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs Missouri State | 13 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-26@ App State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 23 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups67 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
362 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #215 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #18 of 63 Sun Belt LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,278 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Sun Belt as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff, and Tony Gibson. Multi-era developmental context.
