Last confirmed: South Florida, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Sarasota, FL · Booker
Marlon Mack: RB · South Florida · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Marlon Mack
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent three seasons in the South Florida backfield. One game to point at: 155 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards against UCF — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
30.0% of carries overall (150/500) → 23.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (26/110) — 76.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.6%). 7 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (35.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Florida | 174 | 1,187 | 6.8 | 15 |
| 2015 | South Florida | 210 | 1,381 | 6.6 | 8 |
| 2014 | South Florida | 202 | 1,041 | 5.2 | 9 |
| Career | 586 | 3,609 | 6.2 | 32 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Florida | 28 | 227 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2015 | South Florida | 16 | 111 | 6.9 | 1 |
| 2014 | South Florida | 21 | 160 | 7.6 | 0 |
| Career | 65 | 498 | 7.7 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-20vs Towson | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-20@ Syracuse | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 2 | 52 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-55vs No. 13 Florida State | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-20@ Cincinnati | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 2 | 49 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-22vs East Carolina | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 2 | 65 | 152-yard day |
| Wk 7 | W 42-27vs UConn | 16 | 107 | 6.7 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-46@ Temple | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 1 | 30 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-45vs No. 22 Navy | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 1 | 85 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-42@ Memphis | 15 | 69 | 4.6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-27@ SMU | 18 | 129 | 7.2 | 1 | 60 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-31vs UCF | 20 | 155 | 7.8 | 2 | 56 | Season-high 155 yds |
 Bowl | W 46-39@ South Carolina | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 174 | 1187 | 6.8 | 15 | 85 |
Week 13 · 2016
W 48-31
vs UCF
155 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD
Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.
With J. Hernandez — 45.1 yards per punt · 8 punts · 66 long · Q. Flowers — 152 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.4 · 152 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%140 carriesFumble rate
2.3%4 of 174 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.8 yds/carry on 174 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Willie Taggart — 23-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 106 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
| Road5g | 99.6 | 7.1 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 91.7 | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 109 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Taggart
Pass share
39.0%
358 pass / 559 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
352 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
174 carries and 28 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Florida, 3,609 rushing yards — drafted at #143 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
His career
He has a stat line in 36 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Willie Taggart.
Where he ended up · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 10th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 10th NFL season
