Marcus Cushnie: DL · Massachusetts.
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Marcus Cushnie
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Norvell and Don Brown. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Army, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 47 | 23 | 13.0 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | Florida State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Career | 50 | 24 | 14.5 | 7.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-55@ Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-3vs Stony Brook | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-28@ Temple | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-20@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-42vs Liberty | 7 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 7-34vs Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-23vs New Mexico State | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27@ UConn | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 33-35@ Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-20@ Texas A&M | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-44vs Army | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 23 | 13.0 | 5.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%13 TFLSack rate
12%6 sacksHurry rate
11%5 hurries47 tackles · 13 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Don Brown
Pass share
35.0%
277 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
65.9
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
299 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
47 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons, at Florida State and Massachusetts, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Norvell and Don Brown.
