Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Virginia Tech
Marshawn Williams
RB • 6'0" • Hampton, VA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Marshawn Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Marshawn Williams built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 42, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Marshawn Williams' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Virginia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Marshawn Williams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Marshawn Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 739
- Rushing yards
- 719
- Receiving yards
- 20
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Marshawn Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 739
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Phoebus · Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Phoebus · 23 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 246 scrimmage yards · RB 298th (top 53%) · ACC 101st (top 40%) · National 897th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 9 | 493 | 475 | 18 | 4 | 62.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 9 | 246 | 244 | 2 | 2 | 45.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Marshawn Williams
Marshawn Williams played RB for Virginia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Marshawn Williams recorded 719 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 493 primary output with 36.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
27.3
Efficiency
41.2
Usage
10.1
Consistency
63.1
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 81. East Carolina: 8. North Carolina: 30. Syracuse: 25. Miami: 28. Pittsburgh: 29. Duke: 13. Georgia Tech: 4. Notre Dame: 28
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. Boston College: 15 by 56.3. East Carolina: 3 by 27.8. North Carolina: 10 by 31.3. Syracuse: 6 by 46.1. Miami: 6 by 48.6. Pittsburgh: 8 by 37.8. Duke: 3 by 45.1. Georgia Tech: 1 by 41.7. Notre Dame: 8 by 36.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins31 · Games = 7 · +16.5 vs Losses
Losses14.5 · Games = 2 · -16.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Boston College
Best efficiency game
56.3 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | @ Notre Dame | W 34-31 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Georgia Tech | L 20-30 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Duke | W 24-21 | 3 | 13 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Thu 10/27 | @ Pittsburgh | W 39-36 | 8 | 29 | 3.60 | 1 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Thu 10/20 | vs Miami | W 37-16 | 6 | 28 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Syracuse | L 17-31 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ North Carolina | W 34-3 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs East Carolina | W 54-17 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 1 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Boston College | W 49-0 | 15 | 81 | 5.40 | 0 | — | — | 5.4 |
Player Story
Marshawn Williams story
Marshawn Williams built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 42, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Marshawn Williams' career was his backfield work: 719 rushing yards, 183 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 20 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Virginia Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 20 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Marshawn Williams moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Virginia Tech
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 493 | 36.9 | 23 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | -493 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 246 | 41.2 | 10.1 | 246 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 5 · W 35-17
Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
138
Scrimmage Yards
86.9 takeover
138 scrimmage yards and 26.2 usage.
#2
vs Boston College
Week 3 · W 49-0 · Conference game
81
Scrimmage Yards
73.7 takeover
Win with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
81 scrimmage yards and 22.7 usage.
#3
vs Miami
Week 9 · L 6-30 · Conference game
99
Scrimmage Yards
73.4 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
99 scrimmage yards and 42.3 usage.
#4
vs East Carolina
Week 3 · L 21-28
74
Scrimmage Yards
59.4 takeover
Loss with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.
#5
@ North Carolina
Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game
47
Scrimmage Yards
45 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
47 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
493 primary output · 36.9 efficiency · 23 usage
62.9
#2
2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
45.8
246 primary · 41.2 efficiency · 10.1 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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