6′0″ · 170 lb · Tallahassee, FL
Marcus Holton Jr.: DB · East Carolina · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Marcus Holton Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his second year in the same secondary at East Carolina. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against NC State, Week 14, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | East Carolina | 43 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 56 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-28vs North Carolina A&T | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-19vs North Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ South Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-35vs Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-49@ Temple | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-42vs Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-37vs No. 10 UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 41-59vs Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-24@ Tulane | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-21vs UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-56@ Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-58@ NC State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 43 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL43 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
56.8%
561 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
82.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
598 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 56 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
