Safety, USC, 2015–⁠18

Marvell Tell III

Number: No. 7
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 195 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Born: Aug 2, 1996, in Pasadena, California

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Marvell Tell III played safety at USC (2015–⁠18). The Indianapolis Colts took Tell in round 5, No. 144 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Best season: 85; Tackles, 2017 (USC, 11–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 144; Round 5, 2019 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

12tackles, career highat California, 2017

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠3AP 311–⁠3AP 125–⁠7

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2016	USC	43	27	2	0	1	2	0
2017	USC	85	42	2.5	0.5	3	2	2
2018	USC	41	29	1	0	1	4	0
Career		169	98	5.5	0.5	5	8	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2015	USC	7	S	Fr.
2016	USC	7	S	So.
2017	USC	7	S	Jr.
2018	USC	7	S	Sr.	6′2″	195

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

2018 USC 8 games, 41 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.UNLV	W 43–⁠21	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 8	atStanford	L 3–⁠17	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 15	atTexas	L 14–⁠37	6	4	0	0	1
Sep 21	vs.Washington State	W 39–⁠36	3	1	0	0	1
Sep 29	atArizona	W 24–⁠20	4	4	1	1	0
Oct 13	vs.Colorado	W 31–⁠20	3	1	0	0	2
Oct 20	atUtah	L 28–⁠41	9	6	0	0	0
Nov 17	atUCLA	L 27–⁠34	8	7	0	0	0

2017 USC 14 games, 85 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Western Michigan	W 49–⁠31	8	2	0	0	1	1
Sep 9	vs.Stanford	W 42–⁠24	3	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Texas	W 27–⁠24	4	1	0	0	1	0
Sep 23	atCalifornia	W 30–⁠20	12	8	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	atWashington State	L 27–⁠30	7	6	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	vs.Oregon State	W 38–⁠10	10	3	0.5	0	0	1
Oct 14	vs.Utah	W 28–⁠27	4	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	atNotre Dame	L 14–⁠49	5	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 28	atArizona State	W 48–⁠17	6	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 4	vs.Arizona	W 49–⁠35	7	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Nov 11	atColorado	W 38–⁠24	4	2	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 18	vs.UCLA	W 28–⁠23	6	5	1	0	1	0
Dec 1	vs.Stanford	W 31–⁠28	3	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Ohio State	L 7–⁠24	6	2	0	0	0	0

2016 USC 13 games, 43 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Alabama	L 6–⁠52	3	1	1	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Utah State	W 45–⁠7	3	2	1	0	0
Sep 17	atStanford	L 10–⁠27	5	3	0	0	0
Sep 23	atUtah	L 27–⁠31	6	3	0	0	0
Oct 1	vs.Arizona State	W 41–⁠20	3	2	0	0	0
Oct 8	vs.Colorado	W 21–⁠17	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 15	atArizona	W 48–⁠14	2	2	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.California	W 45–⁠24	8	7	0	1	1
Nov 5	vs.Oregon	W 45–⁠20	2	1	0	0	1
Nov 12	atWashington	W 26–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 19	atUCLA	W 36–⁠14	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Notre Dame	W 45–⁠27	2	2	0	0	0
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Penn State	W 52–⁠49	2	1	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2019	Combine or pro day 2019
Height	6′2″
Weight	198 lb
Arm length	33⅛″
Hand size	9¾″
40-yard dash		4.59 s
10-yard split		1.54 s^W
Vertical jump	42″
Broad jump	11′4″
Bench press		8 reps
3-cone drill	6.63 s
20-yard shuttle	4.01 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 9 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2019	Indianapolis Colts	9	23	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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