Player Dossier

2007-2008

Ohio State

Marcus Williams

RB • 5'10" • 202 lbs • Ironton, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Marcus Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular offensive contributor

lowfeatured

Impact Production

8

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

1

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Marcus Williams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Ohio State. Marcus Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
60
Rushing yards
49
Receiving yards
11

Quick Answers

Marcus Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
60
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 5 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Kent State
Latest roster
No. 24 · Class 2008
2008 Scrimmage yards rank
11 scrimmage yards · RB 285th (top 95%) · Big Ten 127th (top 86%) · National 1,301st (top 89%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonOhio State4493811047.8
2008 Regular SeasonOhio State111110047.7

Related Context

Marcus Williams played RB for Ohio State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Marcus Williams recorded 49 rushing yards and 11 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 49 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2008 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2007 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

12.3

Efficiency

29.9

Usage

6.6

Consistency

42.3

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 4. Minnesota: 12. Purdue: 3. Kent State: 30

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 3 by 13.9. Minnesota: 3 by 41.7. Purdue: 1 by 31.3. Kent State: 8 by 32.6

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half8 · Games = 2 · -8.5 vs Second Half
Second Half16.5 · Games = 2 · +8.5 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 10/13vs Kent StateW 48-37192.7001113.8
Sun 10/7@ PurdueW 23-713303
Sun 9/30@ MinnesotaW 30-7312404
Sat 9/22vs NorthwesternW 58-7341.3001.3

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2007-2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20072008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonOhio State4929.96.6
2008 Regular SeasonOhio State1157.33.9-38

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kent State

Week 7 · W 48-3

Win with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

30

Scrimmage Yards

58.3 takeover

30 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.

#2

vs Michigan

Week 13 · W 42-7 · Conference game

11

Scrimmage Yards

56.1 takeover

Win with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

11 scrimmage yards and 3.9 usage.

#3

@ Minnesota

Week 5 · W 30-7 · Conference game

12

Scrimmage Yards

31.7 takeover

Win with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

12 scrimmage yards and 4.7 usage.

#4

@ Purdue

Week 6 · W 23-7 · Conference game

3

Scrimmage Yards

15.3 takeover

Win with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

3 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

#5

vs Northwestern

Week 4 · W 58-7 · Conference game

4

Scrimmage Yards

14.2 takeover

Win with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Ohio State

49 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 6.6 usage

47.8

#2

2008 Regular Season · Ohio State

47.7

11 primary · 57.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games