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Marvell Tell

USC · Safety · 2016-18

TKL
169
INT
5
PD
8

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2016 to 2018, Tell recorded 169 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 5 interceptions.

Tell was the No. 144 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 14th-highest safety rating at USC since 1990 and No. 111 among all safeties of the 2015-2019 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2019
    • No. 144 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Marvell Tell season-by-season statistics at USC
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
201643221
2017852.523
201841141
Total1695.585

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

USC Teammates

  1. 88Adoree' Jackson2014-16CB
  2. 83Sam Darnold2016-17QB
  3. 80JuJu Smith-Schuster2014-16WR
  4. 74Michael Pittman Jr.2016-19WR
  5. 72Deontay Burnett2015-17WR
  6. 72Rasheem Green2016-17EDGE
  7. 71Isaiah Pola-Mao2017-21S
  8. 71Amon-Ra St. Brown2018-20WR
  9. 71Ronald Jones II2015-17RB
  10. 70Iman Marshall2015-18CB

Full USC all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2015-2019 Era

  1. 91Grant DelpitLSU · 2017-19S
  2. 91Minkah FitzpatrickAlabama · 2015-17S
  3. 90Antoine Winfield Jr.Minnesota · 2016-19S
  4. 90Richie GrantUCF · 2017-20S
  5. 90DeShon ElliottTexas · 2015-17S
  6. 90Tedric ThompsonColorado · 2013-16S
  7. 90Derwin JamesFlorida State · 2016-17S
  8. 90Jabrill PeppersMichigan · 2014-16S

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Sources: Wikipedia (Marvell Tell) 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.