Player Dossier

2014-2016

Utah

Marcus Williams

DB • 6'1" • Corona, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcus Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Utah

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Utah
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Player Story

Marcus Williams built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive back from Corona, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Marcus Williams' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8458

Eleanor Roosevelt · Los Angeles, CA

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 10
Overall
No. 42
NFL Team
New Orleans Saints

Marcus Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Utah. Marcus Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
64
TFL
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3
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2016 · Utah · Player Highlight

Marcus Williams college highlights at Utah.

Season
2016
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Marcus Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah · DB
Career Tackles
64
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Utah
Top game
Arizona
Recruit profile
3-star · Eleanor Roosevelt · Utah
High school pipeline
Eleanor Roosevelt · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 2 · Pick 10 · New Orleans Saints
Latest roster
No. 20 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
64 tackles · DB 77th (top 10%) · Pac-12 37th (top 7%) · National 422nd (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonUtah10-0--043.3
2015 Regular SeasonUtah50-0--056.7
2016 PostseasonUtah115-0--062.6
2016 Regular SeasonUtah11591013062.6

Related Context

Marcus Williams played DB for Utah. Across 3 tracked seasons, Marcus Williams recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Utah.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Utah paired 10 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Utah

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

33.3

Usage

7.8

Consistency

51.9

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 1. Southern Utah: 2. BYU: 0. San José State: 2. USC: 0. California: 0. Arizona: 2. Oregon State: 0. Arizona State: 2. Oregon: 0. Colorado: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 5 by 30.8. Southern Utah: 4 by 36.7. BYU: 6 by 25. San José State: 6 by 45. USC: 8 by 33.3. California: 4 by 16.7. Arizona: 3 by 32.5. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 9 by 57.5. Oregon: 12 by 50. Colorado: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Arizona State

Result
Thu 12/29vs IndianaW 26-24540010
Sun 11/27@ ColoradoL 22-2764000
Sat 11/19vs Oregon10+ tacklesL 28-30127000
Fri 11/11@ Arizona StateSplash gameW 49-26990011
Sat 10/15@ Oregon StateW 19-1411000
Sun 10/9vs ArizonaSplash gameW 36-23331010
Sat 10/1@ CaliforniaL 23-2842000
Sat 9/24vs USCW 31-2784000
Sun 9/18@ San José StateSplash gameW 34-17640011
Sat 9/10vs BYUW 20-1966000
Fri 9/2vs Southern UtahSplash gameW 24-0420011

Player Story

Marcus Williams story

Marcus Williams built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive back from Corona, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Marcus Williams' career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 11 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonUtah120
2015 Regular SeasonUtah5204
2016 PostseasonUtah1033.37.85
2016 Regular SeasonUtah1033.37.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arizona

Week 6 · W 36-23 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Arizona State

Week 11 · W 49-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Southern Utah

Week 1 · W 24-0

2

Havoc Plays

67 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.

#4

@ San José State

Week 3 · W 34-17

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Arizona State

Week 10 · L 16-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Utah

10 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 7.8 usage

62.6

#2

2016 Regular Season · Utah

62.6

10 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Utah

56.7

5 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games