#9

Marcell Blocker

CB · UTEP · Sr. · #9

Returning to UTEP for 2026
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Marcell Blocker

CB · UTEP · Sr · #9

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
UTEP
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025UTEP2-10HC: Scotty Walden · Balanced

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2025UTEP18140.00.03----
Career18140.00.03----

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 35–17

at Sam Houston

3 TOT  ·  2 SOLO  ·  1 PD

How he plays

Play style

Jams receivers off their route at the line.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

UTEP

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · UTEP

Returning around him

  • 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +1 net (21 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

UTEP · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #101 · 2026 recruiting class #91

DNA match

Player DNA

Press Corner

Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.

CB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaden Rios’s 2025 season.

Jaden Rios

94%match

Texas State · 2025

#2

Mory Bamba

BYU · 2025

87%
#3

Kolbey Taylor

Wyoming · 2023

86%
#4

Elijah Clark

Temple · 2022

84%
#5

Zemaiah Vaughn

Utah · 2021

81%

Matches Jaden on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Lance Boykin's freshman season at Coastal Carolina (2021).

Lance Boykin

93%match

Coastal Carolina · 2021

All-Sun Belt
#2

Ja'Maric Morris

Georgia State · 2024

86%
#3

DaeSean Winston

Temple · 2021

80%
#4

Chase Smith

Miami · 2021

79%
#5

Jordan Robinson

Kentucky · 2023

79%

Matches Lance on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #11578

Final rank
#12443
Avg #12158.3
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #11578 this season.