Defensive back, Nebraska, 2021–25
Marques Buford
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Desoto, TX
Marques Buford played defensive back at Nebraska (2021–25).
Career highs
10tackles, career highat Wisconsin, 20232interceptions, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 2022Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nebraska | 3 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Nebraska | 3 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Nebraska | 3 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Nebraska | 3 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Nebraska | 3 | DB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′11″ | 190 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Nebraska 9 games, 21 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Cincinnati | W 20–17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Akron | W 68–0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Michigan | L 27–30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Michigan State | W 38–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Maryland | W 34–31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Minnesota | L 6–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Northwestern | W 28–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Iowa | L 16–40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Utah | L 22–44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Nebraska 13 games, 35 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. UTEP | W 40–7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Colorado | W 28–10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Northern Iowa | W 34–3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Illinois | L 24–31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Purdue | W 28–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Rutgers | W 14–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 19 | at Indiana | L 7–56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Ohio State | L 17–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. UCLA | L 20–27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at USC | L 20–28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Wisconsin | W 44–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | atIowa | L 10–13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Boston College | W 20–15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Nebraska 4 games, 18 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | atMichigan State | L 17–20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Maryland | L 10–13 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atWisconsin | L 17–24 | 10 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Iowa | L 10–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Nebraska 10 games, 59 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs.Northwestern | L 28–31 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | vs. North Dakota | W 38–17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Georgia Southern | L 42–45 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Oklahoma | L 14–49 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Indiana | W 35–21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | atRutgers | W 14–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atPurdue | L 37–43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Illinois | L 9–26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Minnesota | L 13–20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | atMichigan | L 3–34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2021 Nebraska 3 games, 3 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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