Last confirmed: Louisville, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA · Grady
Marlon Character Jr.: DB · Louisville · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Marlon Character Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Marlon Character Jr. has been at Louisville through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Pittsburgh — Week 4, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Louisville | 37 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2019 | Louisville | 30 | 27 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisville | 16 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 83 | 64 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-21vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-47vs No. 17 Miami | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ No. 21 Pittsburgh | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 27-46@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-16vs Florida State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-42vs Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-31@ Virginia | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-0vs Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-34@ Boston College | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-21vs Wake Forest | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 37 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%3 TFL37 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
43.0%
314 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
66.5
11 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Louisville, 83 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 26 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Gus Malzahn, Bobby Petrino and Scott Satterfield.
