Mariyon Dye
Tennessee Volunteers
79
Solid

Mariyon Dye

Tennessee VolunteersContender
LEODefenseSolid
2nd String / Backup

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Mariyon Dye is listed 2nd string at LEO for Tennessee Volunteers.

Sophomore · #9 · 6'5", 270 lbs

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Depth at LEO · Tennessee Volunteers

  1. 13391Jordan NormanStarter
  2. 2979Mariyon DyeYou
  3. 34467Christian Gass
  4. 43760Kedric Golston II

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Elkhart, ranked #77 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 8 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #77 NatlTeam Share1%
Elkhart, IN
Jersey
#9
Class
SO
Height
6'5"
Weight
270 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
202581.51

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
0.9605
National Rank
#77
High School
Elkhart
Hometown
Elkhart, IN

Why this rating?

On a 90-rated defense; 61th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
90
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 61% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 10WARKTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-17

Oct 3WAUBTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 24-14

Sep 26LTEXTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-17

Sep 19WKENNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-9

Sep 12WGTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-24

Sep 5WFURTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-9

Mariyon Dye's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

8 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement14%
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