Marcellas Dial

Former defensive back at South Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · South Carolina · Sr. · #6

6′0″ · 195 lb · Woodruff, SC

CFB Index 60 · #123 of 339 cornersLow confidenceNew England — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 4, #180 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 48 nationally · Joined South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at South Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the New England in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Carolina, 110 tackles — drafted at #180 overall by New England.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202110 games

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Georgia Military College

202311 games

All-SEC

2024

Drafted by New Englandround 6, pick 180

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#48 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #180

New England · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

Played his entire career under Shane Beamer.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 3rd NFL season

#180Rd 6 · Pick 4

New EnglandEntering 3rd NFL season

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2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Shane Beamer — 20-18 over that span.

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

60Quality starter #123 of 339?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#27 / 2842 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#766 / 2842 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1034 / 2842 · 63rd pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1404 / 2842 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.3	0.1	0.0	1.1
Road4g	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.0	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #123 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #123 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	South Carolina	36	25	2.0	1.0	10	--	--
2022	South Carolina	41	30	1.0	0.0	11	3	--
2021	South Carolina	33	25	0.0	0.0	6	--	--
Career		110	80	3.0	1.0	27	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 47–21

vs Furman

2 PD · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 26-point win at home against Furman.

With S. Rattler — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5 · 8 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · K. Kroeger — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 47-21vs Furman	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 14-24@ Georgia	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 4	W 37-30vs Mississippi State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 20-41@ Tennessee	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 39-41vs Florida	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 12-34@ Missouri	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-30@ Texas A&M	5	5	1.0	1.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 38-28vs Jacksonville State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 47-6vs Vanderbilt	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 17-14vs Kentucky	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 7-16vs Clemson	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		36	25	2.0	1.0	—	10

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology