Marquise Lightfoot holds the LDE · Starter spot in Miami Hurricanes’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Marquise Lightfoot is a 6'5", 230-pound junior defensive end for the Miami Hurricanes from Chicago's Kenwood Academy. A five-star recruit ranked 31st nationally in the 2024 class, Lightfoot appeared in all 16 games as a sophomore in 2025, making one start. He recorded 25 total tackles including 16 solo stops, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, one pass breakup and six quarterback hurries. Lightfoot saw action in games throughout the season, including the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State and the national championship game versus Indiana, finishing his campaign in the Fiesta Bowl against Ole Miss.

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