6′3″ · 205 lb · Baltimore, MD
Marvin Gross Jr.: S · West Virginia · #18.
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Marvin Gross Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent two seasons in the West Virginia secondary. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Kansas — Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Virginia | 21 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 24 | 13 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 45 | 32 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-20vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-16vs Delaware State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-34@ Kansas | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 46-35vs No. 24 Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-36@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 39-50vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-16vs No. 14 Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23@ Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-28vs Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2017
W 59-16
4 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 43-point win at home against Delaware State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
21tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL21 tackles.
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
480 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 45 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.
