Player Dossier

2008-2010

Wake Forest

Marshall Williams

WR • 6'1" • Durham, NC, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Marshall Williams reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Marshall Williams built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 8, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Marshall Williams' career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7889

Rock Bridge · Columbia, MO

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Marshall Williams, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Marshall Williams reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,529
Receptions
110
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Marshall Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,529
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 33 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
2-star · Rock Bridge · Wake Forest
High school pipeline
Rock Bridge · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 8 · Class 2010
2010 Receiving yards rank
272 receiving yards · WR 331st (top 41%) · ACC 41st (top 23%) · National 416th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonWake Forest1117053.7
2008 Regular SeasonWake Forest1125383253.7
2009 Regular SeasonWake Forest1260867679.5
2010 Regular SeasonWake Forest1024272448.7

Related Context

Marshall Williams played WR for Wake Forest. Across 3 tracked seasons, Marshall Williams recorded 174 passing yards, 7 rushing yards, and 1,529 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 867 primary output with 83.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 66.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

27.2

Efficiency

66.3

Usage

16.8

Consistency

41.2

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Presbyterian: 39. Duke: 51. Stanford: 8. Florida State: 14. Georgia Tech: 16. Navy: 12. Maryland: 62. Boston College: 10. Clemson: 48. Vanderbilt: 12

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Presbyterian: 2 by 100. Duke: 2 by 100. Stanford: 1 by 53.3. Florida State: 2 by 46.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 100. Navy: 3 by 26.7. Maryland: 5 by 82.7. Boston College: 2 by 33.3. Clemson: 4 by 80. Vanderbilt: 2 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins34 · Games = 3 · +9.7 vs Losses
Losses24.3 · Games = 7 · -9.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

100 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sun 11/28@ VanderbiltW 34-132126607
Sat 11/20vs ClemsonL 10-304481212022
Sat 11/6vs Boston CollegeL 13-232105506
Sat 10/30@ MarylandL 14-6256212.412.40034
Sat 10/9vs NavyL 27-283124408
Sat 10/2vs Georgia TechL 20-241161616016
Sat 9/25@ Florida StateL 0-3121477010
Sun 9/19@ StanfordL 24-68188808
Sat 9/11vs Duke2+ TDW 54-4825125.525.50238
Thu 9/2vs PresbyterianW 53-1323919.519.50033

Player Story

Marshall Williams story

Marshall Williams built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 8, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Marshall Williams' career was his receiving role: 110 catches, 1,529 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 7 rushing yards across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 174 passing yards and 7 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Marshall Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Wake Forest

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonWake Forest3907712.5
2008 Regular SeasonWake Forest3907712.50
2009 Regular SeasonWake Forest86783.421.2477
2010 Regular SeasonWake Forest27266.316.8-595

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ NC State

Week 12 · L 17-21 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

116

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

116 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Boston College

Week 4 · L 24-27 · Conference game

180

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

180 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 9 · L 14-62 · Conference game

62

Receiving Yards

93.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

62 receiving yards with a 82.7 efficiency score.

#4

@ Duke

Week 13 · W 45-34 · Conference game

119

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

119 receiving yards with a 99.2 efficiency score.

#5

@ Georgia Tech

Week 10 · L 27-30 · Conference game

111

Receiving Yards

84.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

111 receiving yards with a 92.5 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Wake Forest

867 primary output · 83.4 efficiency · 21.2 usage

79.5

#2

2008 Postseason · Wake Forest

53.7

390 primary · 77 efficiency · 12.5 usage

#3

2008 Regular Season · Wake Forest

53.7

390 primary · 77 efficiency · 12.5 usage

Milestones

4

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games