Marcus Banks
Marcus Banks
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 8 tackles against Arizona — Week 2, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 70 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Greg Knox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 51 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Alabama | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 70 | 38 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 31–24
vs Arizona
2 PD · 3 SOLO · 8 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Keondre Swoopes’s 2022 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Omar Daniels's senior season at Georgia Tech (2024).
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