LB · Dallas Cowboys · #35

Marist Liufau

LILB3

College: Notre Dame
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 245 lb
Experience: 2nd season

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Season

Tackles

30▼ 16 vs '24

105th of 112 LBs

Stops

6▼ 18 vs '24

112th of 112 LBs

Yards per run tackle

5.5▲ 2.2 vs '24

107th of 112 LBs

Missed tackle rate

16.1%▲ 14.2 vs '24

107th of 112 LBs

Coverage

11 targets

90.9 cmp% · 8.7 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 111 qualifying linebackers on the 2025 leaderboard plus Liufau.

Week-by-week

Tackles by game, dashed line = 2024 per-game average

2025 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 @ PHIL	6	10.0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	6.0	0	0
Wk 2 vs NYGW	9	13.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	11.0	0	0
Wk 3 @ CHIL	8	14.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs GBT	29	34.9	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	6.5	0	0
Wk 5 @ NYJW	21	25.9	4	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	100.0	9.5	0	0
Wk 6 @ CARL	27	39.7	4	2	1	1	1.0	1	1	2	100.0	12.5	0	0
Wk 7 vs WASW	10	14.9	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 8 @ DENL	16	25.0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 9 vs ARIL	11	15.9	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 11 @ LVW	15	25.0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	8.0	0	0
Wk 12 vs PHIW	8	12.9	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 13 vs KCW	5	8.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 14 @ DETL	9	15.0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 15 vs MINL	16	29.1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 16 vs LACL	7	10.9	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	6.0	0	0
Wk 17 @ WASW	2	5.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 18 @ NYGL	3	4.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Season	202	18.4	30	6	1	5	1.0	3	3	11	90.9	8.7	0	0

How he compares

2025 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Cowboys

$5.7Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $1.4M
Guaranteed: $959K 17%
2025 cap hit: $1.3M 0.4% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2027

2024

2025 · now

2026

2027

Year 2 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2025	17	202	18.4	30	6	1	16.1	1.0	3	3	11	103.0	0	0	1	0
2024	17	521	47.2	46	24	4	2.0	1.5	2	4	19	93.0	0	3	2	0
Career	34	723	32.9	76	30	5	7.3	2.5	5	7	30	96.7	0	3	3	0