Player Dossier

2014-2017

Louisiana Tech

Marlon Watts

WR • 6'2" • 197 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Marlon Watts reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Marlon Watts built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 13, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Marlon Watts' career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7652

St. Augustine · New Orleans, LA

Committed To
Louisiana Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Marlon Watts, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech. Marlon Watts reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
652
Receptions
51
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Marlon Watts quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · WR
Career Receiving Yards
652
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
2-star · St. Augustine · Louisiana Tech
High school pipeline
St. Augustine · 46 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
319 receiving yards · WR 350th (top 36%) · Conference USA 44th (top 21%) · National 409th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech39106044.7
2015 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech816144149.3
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech3483136.4
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech822319068.9

Related Context

Marlon Watts played WR for Louisiana Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marlon Watts recorded 652 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Louisiana Tech paired 319 primary output with 78.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 78.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

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

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

39.9

Efficiency

78.4

Usage

15.3

Consistency

46.2

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern State: 25. Western Kentucky: 22. South Carolina: 33. South Alabama: 56. UAB: 12. Southern Miss: 121. Rice: 38. Florida Atlantic: 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. Northwestern State: 2 by 83.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 73.3. South Carolina: 3 by 73.3. South Alabama: 4 by 93.3. UAB: 1 by 80. Southern Miss: 5 by 100. Rice: 3 by 84.4. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins35.3 · Games = 4 · -9.3 vs Losses
Losses44.5 · Games = 4 · +9.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

100 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sat 11/11vs Florida AtlanticL 23-482126606
Sat 10/28@ RiceW 42-2833812.712.70016
Sat 10/21vs Southern Miss100 receiving yardsL 27-34512124.224.20082
Sat 10/7@ UABL 22-231121212012
Sat 9/30vs South AlabamaW 34-164561414026
Sat 9/23@ South CarolinaL 16-173331111019
Sat 9/16@ Western KentuckyW 23-222221111011
Sat 9/2vs Northwestern StateW 52-2422512.512.50016

Player Story

Marlon Watts story

Marlon Watts built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 13, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Marlon Watts' career was his receiving role: 51 catches, 652 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Marlon Watts' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana Tech

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech10669.811.6
2015 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech144598.238
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech8373.36.1-61
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech31978.415.3236

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Miss

Week 8 · L 27-34 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

121

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Southern Miss

Week 9 · W 31-20 · Conference game

72

Receiving Yards

85.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 96 efficiency score.

#3

vs UTSA

Week 11 · W 63-35 · Conference game

65

Receiving Yards

79.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Southern

Week 1 · W 62-15

41

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 68.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs South Alabama

Week 5 · W 34-16

56

Receiving Yards

65.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

56 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

319 primary output · 78.4 efficiency · 15.3 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

49.3

144 primary · 59 efficiency · 8.2 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

44.7

106 primary · 69.8 efficiency · 11.6 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games