Linebacker, Nebraska (from Georgia Southern), 2020–25
Marques Watson-Trent
- Number
- No. 26
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Pittsburgh, PA
Marques Watson-Trent played linebacker at Georgia Southern (2020–24) and Nebraska (2025).
At a glance
Career highs
16tackles, career highvs. South Alabama, 2022Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 105 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 116 | 58 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 118 | 52 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | Nebraska | 39 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 387 | 174 | 27.5 | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 26 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 26 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 26 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 26 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 26 | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Nebraska | 26 | LB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′11″ | 225 |
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 11 games, 39 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Cincinnati | W 20–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Akron | W 68–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Houston Christian | W 59–7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Michigan | L 27–30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Maryland | W 34–31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Minnesota | L 6–24 | 11 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Northwestern | W 28–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at UCLA | W 28–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Penn State | L 10–37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Iowa | L 16–40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Utah | L 22–44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Georgia Southern 12 games, 118 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Boise State | L 45–56 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Nevada | W 20–17 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. South Carolina State | W 42–14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Ole Miss | L 13–52 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Georgia State | W 38–21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Marshall | W 24–23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. James Madison | W 28–14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | at Old Dominion | L 19–47 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Troy | L 20–28 | 12 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Coastal Carolina | W 26–6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs. App State | W 29–20 | 13 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 19 ✦ | vs. Sam Houston | L 26–31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Georgia Southern 13 games, 116 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. The Citadel | W 34–0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. UAB | W 49–35 | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Wisconsin | L 14–35 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Ball State | W 40–3 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Coastal Carolina | W 38–28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atJames Madison | L 13–41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. UL Monroe | W 38–28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | vs.Georgia State | W 44–27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Texas State | L 24–45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atMarshall | L 33–38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Old Dominion | L 17–20 | 12 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | atApp State | L 27–55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 16 ✦ | vs. Ohio | L 21–41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Georgia Southern 13 games, 105 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Morgan State | W 59–7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Nebraska | W 45–42 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | atUAB | L 21–35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Ball State | W 34–23 | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atCoastal Carolina | L 30–34 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atGeorgia State | L 33–41 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.James Madison | W 45–38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atOld Dominion | W 28–23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. South Alabama | L 31–38 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | at Louisiana | L 17–36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Marshall | L 10–23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.App State | W 51–48 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Buffalo | L 21–23 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Georgia Southern 1 game, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 30–25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Georgia Southern 4 games, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | vs. Massachusetts | W 41–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.South Alabama | W 24–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Troy | W 20–13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Army | L 27–28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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