Senior defensive tackle on Florida Atlantic's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 275 lb · Dallas, TX
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 344 nationally · Signed with Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle on Florida Atlantic's roster.
Marcel Southall
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, two different head coaches: Lane Kiffin and Willie Taggart. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Marshall, Week 10, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 35 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lane Kiffin → Willie Taggart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 14 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 16 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-35@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-6vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-31@ Air Force | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-21vs Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-9@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-25vs UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-28vs Marshall | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Nelson Mbanasor’s 2021 season.
Matches Nelson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Rowell's senior season at Stanford (2024).
Matches Zach on
Differs from Zach on
Player DNA