Player Dossier

2017-2021

App State

Marcus Williams Jr.

RB • 5'10" • 204 lbs • Rocky Mount, NC, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Marcus Williams Jr. leans workhorse runner traits and 46.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

74%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

76

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

71

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
App State • Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Player Story

Marcus Williams Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Rocky Mount, NC, spending time with App State and Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Marcus Williams Jr.'s career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8317

Southwest Edgecombe · Pinetops, NC

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Marcus Williams Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech. Marcus Williams Jr. leans workhorse runner traits and 46.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,294
Rushing yards
2,969
Receiving yards
325
Touchdowns
24

Quick Answers

Marcus Williams Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,294
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 10 entries · 53 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
Top game
Charlotte
Recruit profile
3-star · Southwest Edgecombe · App State
High school pipeline
Southwest Edgecombe · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
Senior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
994 scrimmage yards · RB 72nd (top 11%) · Conference USA 14th (top 6%) · National 117th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonApp State868680055.2
2017 Regular SeasonApp State845943227255.2
2018 PostseasonApp State1125250058.5
2018 Regular SeasonApp State1158149784558.5
2019 PostseasonApp State1454540057
2019 Regular SeasonApp State146055987557
2020 PostseasonApp State81011010156.1
2020 Regular SeasonApp State84074025256.1
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech12994792202979.6
2021 Regular SeasonApp State12000079.6

Related Context

Marcus Williams Jr. played RB for App State and Louisiana Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Williams Jr. recorded 2,969 rushing yards, 325 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Louisiana Tech paired 994 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across App State, Louisiana Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

82.8

Efficiency

46.5

Usage

32.1

Consistency

80.4

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 46. SE Louisiana: 106. SMU: 84. North Texas: 78. NC State: 58. UTEP: 101. UTSA: 102. Old Dominion: 73. UAB: 102. Charlotte: 131. Southern Miss: 76. Rice: 37

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. Mississippi State: 16 by 22.1. SE Louisiana: 19 by 57.6. SMU: 15 by 54.6. North Texas: 18 by 44.9. NC State: 17 by 37.3. UTEP: 9 by 84.3. UTSA: 16 by 58.3. Old Dominion: 17 by 36.6. UAB: 21 by 48.4. Charlotte: 29 by 47.1. Southern Miss: 17 by 46.6. Rice: 20 by 19.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins105 · Games = 3 · +29.6 vs Losses
Losses75.4 · Games = 9 · -29.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

84.3 vs UTEP

Result
Sat 11/27@ RiceL 31-3519371.900101.9
Sat 11/20vs Southern MissL 19-3517764.5004.5
Sat 11/13vs Charlotte100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 42-32291314.5044.5
Sat 11/6@ UABL 38-5218814.5013214.9
Sat 10/30@ Old DominionL 20-231442313314.3
Sat 10/23vs UTSAL 16-4513665.1003366.4
Sun 10/17@ UTEPL 3-197426025911.2
Sat 10/2@ NC StateL 27-3416593.7001-13.4
Sat 9/25vs North Texas2+ TDW 24-1717734.302154.3
Sat 9/18vs SMUL 37-391365502195.6
Sat 9/11vs SE LouisianaW 45-4218995.500175.6
Sat 9/4@ Mississippi StateL 34-3513211.6003252.9

Player Story

Marcus Williams Jr. story

Marcus Williams Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Rocky Mount, NC, spending time with App State and Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Marcus Williams Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 2,969 rushing yards, 589 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 325 receiving yards across 53 career games in the available record. His career also includes 325 receiving yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Marcus Williams Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    App State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana Tech

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182018201920192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonApp State52757.318
2017 Regular SeasonApp State52757.3180
2018 PostseasonApp State60647.419.879
2018 Regular SeasonApp State60647.419.80
2019 PostseasonApp State65957.713.553
2019 Regular SeasonApp State65957.713.50
2020 PostseasonApp State50867.614.4-151
2020 Regular SeasonApp State50867.614.40
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech99446.532.1486
2021 Regular SeasonApp State99446.532.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Charlotte

Week 2 · W 35-20

Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

83.4 takeover

120 scrimmage yards and 23.4 usage.

#2

vs Georgia Southern

Week 11 · W 27-6 · Conference game

130

Scrimmage Yards

82.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

130 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.

#3

vs Charlotte

Week 11 · W 42-32 · Conference game

131

Scrimmage Yards

82.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

131 scrimmage yards and 46 usage.

#4

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 10 · W 23-7 · Conference game

116

Scrimmage Yards

82 takeover

Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

116 scrimmage yards and 30.8 usage.

#5

@ South Alabama

Week 9 · W 30-3 · Conference game

94

Scrimmage Yards

78.7 takeover

Win with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

94 scrimmage yards and 17.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

994 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 32.1 usage

79.6

#2

2021 Regular Season · App State

79.6

994 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 32.1 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · App State

58.5

606 primary · 47.4 efficiency · 19.8 usage

Milestones

7

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games