Marlon Character

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Position:
DB
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga,
High School:
Grady
Prev School:
Northwest Mississippi CC

Career Overview: Appeared in 34 games after coming to Louisville from a junior college ... registered 83 career tackles and two sacks ... totaled 30 tackles in four starts in 2019.

2020: Played 11 games, making six starts ... recorded 37 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss ... made a pair of stops against Western Kentucky ... had a pass breakup in the loss to Miami ... tied for the team lead with seven stops against Pitt ... finished with three solo stops at Georgia Tech ... recorded two tackles, one for loss, in the win over Florida State ... picked up five tackles and his second career sack against Virginia Tech ... had his hands in both turnovers forced at Virginia, forcing a fumble in the first quarter and picking up his first career interception on the following drive in the second quarter ... made three solo stops in the win over Syracuse ... finished with three tackles and broke up a pair of passes at Boston College ... recorded five tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss versus Wake Forest.

2019: Played in 12 games, earning four starts ... posted a career best 30 tackles ... made a pair of tackles against Eastern Kentucky ... finished with two tackles at Florida State ... totaled two tackles versus Boston College ... made his first collegiate start against Virginia, finishing with a career-high seven tackles and his first sack ... tallied a career-best 10 tackles, nine solo, in the win over Syracuse ... credited with four tackles in the Music City Bowl win over Mississippi State.

2018: Appeared in 11 games, notching 16 tackles … made his Louisville debut with two tackles against Indiana State … recorded three tackles in the win over Western Kentucky … had two tackles against Boston College, Wake Forest and Kentucky … finished with a season high four stops versus NC State.

Before Louisville: Rated the No. 1 JUCO safety … appeared in 10 games, making four starts … closed the year with 28 tackles and one interception … led the squad with seven pass break-ups … blocked a pair of kicks … credited with a season-high seven tackles versus East Mississippi … totaled five stops versus Itawamba.