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Marquis Waters

Texas Tech · Safety · 2021-22

TKL
64
INT
2
PD
1

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Waters was a first-team all-conference pick in 2022.

From 2021 to 2022, Waters recorded 64 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 2 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 72 overall, the 8th-highest safety rating at Texas Tech since 1990 and No. 68 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • First-team all-conference

Season by Season

Marquis Waters season-by-season statistics at Texas Tech
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20219101
20225512.511
Total6413.512

Seasons with tracked stats at Texas Tech. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Texas Tech Teammates

  1. 91Jacob Rodriguez2022-25LB
  2. 80Tyree Wilson2020-22EDGE
  3. 77Dadrion Taylor-Demerson2019-23S
  4. 77Zech McPhearson2019-20CB
  5. 74Tahj Brooks2020-24RB
  6. 74Erik Ezukanma2018-21WR
  7. 74C.J. Baskerville2023-24S
  8. 70DaMarcus Fields2016-21S
  9. 70Ben Roberts2022-25LB
  10. 70Malik Dunlap2021-23S

Full Texas Tech all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.