Marcellus Barnes Jr.
SMU Mustangs
77
Solid

Marcellus Barnes Jr.

SMU MustangsSolid
RCBDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Marcellus Barnes Jr. starting?

Marcellus Barnes Jr. is the projected starter at RCB for SMU Mustangs.

Redshirt sophomore · #8 · 6'1", 180 lbs

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Depth at RCB · SMU Mustangs

  1. 1877Marcellus Barnes Jr.Starter
  2. 2073William Nettles
  3. 3257Zadian Gentry

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of McCallie School, ranked #318 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 32 tackles, 1 INT, 6 PBU. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 87th-percentile production nationally — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #318 NatlTeam Share5%Percentile87th
Chattanooga, TN
Jersey
#8
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
180 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20253216

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9050
National Rank
#318
High School
McCallie School
Hometown
Chattanooga, TN

Why this rating?

On a 76-rated defense; 87th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 77.

Team defense (SP+)
76
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 87% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3WBCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 25-16

Sep 27WMOSTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-24

Sep 19LLOUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-31

Sep 12WUCDTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-10

Sep 7WFSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Marcellus Barnes Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

32 tkl · 6 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement56%
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