2022 Football Roster
Roster
Marcus Valdez
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 256
- Hometown:
- Perth Amboy, N.J.
- High School:
- Don Bosco Prep
2022 (Graduate): Totaled 30 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and four sacks... started the season with a five-tackle game against Rutgers (9/3)... picked up a nine-yard sack and three tackles vs. Maine (9/17)... four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs at UConn (10/29)... posted four tackles and a TFL vs. Duke (11/4)... season-high six tackles, three TFLs, two sacks and a forced fumble and fumble recovery on a lateral attempt in an upset win at No. 16 NC State (11/12)... four tackles and a sack in final game against Syracuse (11/26).
2021 (Redshirt Senior): ACC Honorable Mention … served as a team captain ... played in nine games and earned eight starts … missed the first three games of the season with a hand injury … totaled 28 tackles, including 22 solos, 7.0 TFLs and a team-high five sacks … all five sacks came against ACC opponents over the last seven weeks of the season … also had three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … had three tackles, a sack, a QB hurry and a pass breakup against NC State (10/16) … recorded a sack, two tackles and a forced fumble at Syracuse (10/30) … forced a fumble with a sack and four tackles at Georgia Tech (11/13) … posted a season-high six tackles with five solos, 2.0 TFLs and a sack vs. Florida State (11/20) … also had five solo tackles, 2.0 TFLs and a sack against Wake Forest (11/27).
2020 (Redshirt Junior): ACC All-Academic Team … played in and started all 11 games for the Eagles … voted a team captain as a junior … totaled 37 tackles including 14 solos, 5.5 TFLs, two sacks, and two fumble recoveries … recorded five tackles with three solos, a sack, and a fumble recovery against Duke (9/19) ... had four tackles with two solos and a sack against North Carolina (10/3) ... posted a season-high six tackles with two solos, while also recording 1.5 TFLs against Pittsburgh (10/10) ... tied his season-high six tackles with one solo against Clemson (10/31).
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started one game, while playing in all 13... made 26 tackles, 7.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks... forced one fumble and recovered two... recovered a fumble and made 0.5 TFL vs. Virginia Tech (8/31)... two tackles, including a TFL, vs. Richmond (9/7)... credited with a TFL and four total tackles vs. Richmond (9/13)... two tackles at Rutgers (9/21)... made three solo stops vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... one TFL at Louisville (10/5)... assisted on two tackles vs. NC State (10/19)... recorded a sack and two tackles at Clemson (10/26)... recovered a fumble and made one tackle at Syracuse (11/2)... matched career-high with four tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, against Florida State (11/9)... two tackles, including a TFL, at Notre Dame (11/23) with one pass break-up... recorded a strip-sack in first career start at Pittsburgh (11/30)... one half TFL vs. Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Recorded two tackles vs. UMass (9/1) ... posted two tackles in back-to-back games against UMass and Holy Cross (9/8) ... credited with two quarterback hurries at Virginia Tech (11/3) ... provided three tackles vs. No. 2 Clemson (11/10) ... made two stops at Florida State (11/17) ... tallied a season-high four tackles vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24).
2017 (Freshman): Redshirted the season.
High School: Played defensive end, defensive tackle and tight end for head coach Greg Toal Sr. at Don Bosco Prep … suffered a season-ending knee injury at the beginning of his senior year for the Ironmen … key part of a Don Bosco team that captured the 2015 NJSIAA Non-Public, Group 4 championship, Bosco’s 12th title in school history … had multiple sacks in the state final win over St. Joseph’s his junior season … listed as the top defensive end in New Jersey by ESPN … rated the No. 19 prospect in New Jersey according to ESPN … also a standout in track and field for the Ironmen, finishing his junior year as one of the top performers in the state in the shot put (fifth) and discus (fourth) … reunited with former high school teammate Tommy Sweeney at Boston College.
Personal: Marcus Joseph Valdez ... son of Jose and Josefina Valdez ... earned a degree from the Carroll School of Management in accounting and information systems … pursuing a master’s degree in business administration ... has two older brothers ... recipient of the Timothy S. Smith Memorial Athletics Scholarship Fund.
