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Marquise Lightfoot Miami
File EDGE-37 · National rank 281 · 2027 class

Marquise Lightfoot

#12· Miami ·EDGE ·Jr ·2028 Draft · Chicago, IL
6'5"Height 230 lbWeight
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My Grade
6.5/10
Priority UDFA
Current · UDFA Territory
5.7 Floor range 2.0 Ceiling 7.7
7.7/10
Day 3 Caliber
Ceiling · +1.2
5.7/10
Priority UDFA
Floor · −0.8
Ceiling: Projected 2026 starter (DL1) — real opportunity to climb; real room to grow (+1.2) · up-year team.
Floor: Proven starter — high, stable floor · returning-starter role secures it; downside −0.8.
Grade last reviewed 4w ago
8.9+ Round 1 Caliber
7.8+ Day 2 Caliber
6.7+ Day 3 Caliber
5.6+ Priority UDFA
4.4+ UDFA
3.3+ Long Shot
2.2+ Raw Prospect
1.1+ Deep Project
0.0+ Non-Prospect
Grade History
6.5 2025
Re-graded after each season · 2025 is the beta baseline.
Scouting Notes

This grade is pedigree with a down payment. Lightfoot arrived at Miami as the No. 31 player in the country and the No. 4 edge in his class, and his first real season produced 25 tackles and 2.5 sacks — a start, not a statement. The program is openly positioning him as the successor to its edge-terror lineage, and at 6-5 there's obvious length to build on. However, 230 pounds remains lean for an every-down edge role, and top-35 recruits with one 2.5-sack season are projection plays by definition: he has to add mass and production simultaneously, and the 2026 sack column has to start resembling the recruiting rank. There's no draft-board presence yet beyond a stray seventh-round mock, which is the market being honest. Fringe-draftable projection in the 2028 class as it stands, with a genuine ceiling swing available — few players on this roster would move their grade faster with one loud October.