Senior defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2021: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
6′4″ · 295 lb · Little Rock, AR
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1678 nationally · Signed with Missouri
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2021: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
Markell Utsey
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Markell Utsey has played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Georgia — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Arkansas, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bret Bielema, Chad Morris, and Sam Pittman. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (1st percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021
W 20–10
vs Texas A&M
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
With K. Jefferson — 212 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · R. Bauer — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 45 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-17vs Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 40-21vs Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 20-10vs Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-37@ Georgia | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 51-52@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-28vs Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-42@ Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-17vs Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to James Ester’s 2021 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to James Ester's senior season at Northern Illinois (2021).
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Player DNA