Maddox Marcellus

AWARDS & HONORS 2024 (AT EKU) – First Team All-United Athletic Conference selection … First Team All-UAC honors according to Phil Steele … UAC Defensive Player of the Week (11/4). AT VIRGINIA 2025 – Logged a season-high six tackles (two solo) in UVA’s 30-27 overtime win at Louisville (10/4) … Had four tackles, 0.5 sacks and a pass breakup in his UVA debut, a 48-7 rout of Coastal Carolina (8/30) … Enrolled at Virginia in January. PRIOR TO VIRGINIA AT EASTERN KENTUCKY (2023-24) 2024 – Started all 12 games in which he appeared, including EKU’s last 11 contests of the season … Missed the Colonels’ second game of the season against Western Kentucky (9/7) … Led the team in tackles with 97 total (46 solo), also good for fifth most in the United Athletic Conference (UAC) … Added one interception, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery that he returned for a score … Helped the Colonels win eight games as a true sophomore, the program’s most since the 2014 season … Helped EKU earn an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs … Named the UAC Defensive Player of the Week (11/4) after recording nine tackles and an interception in EKU’s win over No. 7 Tennessee State … Recovered a fumble for a touchdown on a 23-yard scoop and score against Utah Valley (10/26). 2023 – Played in 10 games … Tallied five tackles with 1.5 for loss with one sack and forced fumble in the season finale against Stephen F. Austin (11/18). HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL Ranked third in tackles per game for the Spartans in 2022 … Named to Power 7 United 7-on-7 team as a senior … Tabbed as one of Florida’s top linebackers by FlaVarsity … Also prepped at Pembroke Pines Charter… Son of Kellie Peterson and Madsen Marcellus … Has two brothers Masen and Marek … His father played football at Wyoming while mother was a softball player at South Dakota State … His uncle played football at Toledo.