Marquis Spruill in the NFL, 2014
In the NFL, 2014. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Syracuse, 2010–⁠13

Marquis Spruill

Number
No. 11
Height
6′1″
Weight
224 lb
Hometown
Hillside, NJ
Born
May 14, 1991, in Hillside, New Jersey

Marquis Spruill played linebacker at Syracuse (2010–⁠13). The Atlanta Falcons took Spruill in round 5, No. 168 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Team titles: Big East champions, 2012

The teams

No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
20101330215192101
2011124319628.53214
20121338266492100
2013N1349176614.55.500–
On file160832434112.541–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2010Syracuse11LB
2011Syracuse11LB
2012Syracuse11LB
2013Syracuse11LB6′1″224

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.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2014
Height6′1⅛″
Weight231 lb
Arm length30⅞″
Hand size8⅜″
40-yard dash4.53 s
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.33 s
20-yard shuttle4.46 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

His NFL seasons aren’t on this page yet: our NFL numbers are matched to college players by an ID his college record doesn’t carry. His NFL career is in his Wikipedia article.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2016CFLToronto Argonauts *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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