Marquise Lightfoot
Miami Hurricanes
97
Legend

Marquise Lightfoot

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RDEDefenseLegend
Projected Starter

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Marquise Lightfoot is the projected starter at RDE for Miami Hurricanes.

Junior · #8 · 6'5", 230 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Miami Hurricanes

  1. 1897Marquise LightfootStarter
  2. 23176Herbert Scroggins III
  3. 33376Booker Pickett Jr.

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The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Kenwood Academy, ranked #31 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 25 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 88th-percentile production nationally — good for a 97 overall (Legend tier).

Recruit5★ · #31 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile88th
Chicago, IL
Jersey
#8
Class
JR
Height
6'5"
Weight
230 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025255.52.5

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9855
National Rank
#31
High School
Kenwood Academy
Hometown
Chicago, IL

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 88th-percentile production (×0.99 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 97. Ranks among the nation's elite at the position, which lifted them into the 92-99 tier.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 88% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top <1% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 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 3WCLEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-13

Sep 26WCMUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-3

Sep 18WWAKETKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 33-20

Sep 11WFAMUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 77-7

Sep 5WSTANTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-6

Marquise Lightfoot's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

25 tkl · 5.5 TFL · 2.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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