Player Dossier

2017-2021

Ohio State

Marcus Williamson

CB • 5'10" • 186 lbs • Westerville, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcus Williamson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Marcus Williamson built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Westerville, OH wearing No. 21, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Marcus Williamson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.925

IMG Academy · Bradenton, FL

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Marcus Williamson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio State. Marcus Williamson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
67
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Marcus Williamson quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · CB
Career Tackles
67
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
4-star · IMG Academy · Ohio State
High school pipeline
IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
26 tackles · CB 127th (top 32%) · Big Ten 167th (top 27%) · National 1,633rd (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State46-0--039.2
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State11-0--036.7
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State47-0--039.9
2020 PostseasonOhio State75-0-1032.9
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State722-011032.9
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State11261.50-3036.7

Related Context

Marcus Williamson played CB for Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Williamson recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 0 primary output with 7.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.9

Usage

2.1

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 0. Tulsa: 0. Akron: 0. Rutgers: 1. Maryland: 0.5. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 1. Nebraska: 1. Purdue: 0. Michigan State: 1. Michigan: 0

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. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 5 by 25.8. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 6 by 35. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 1 by 14.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 9 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 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

Penn State

Best efficiency game

35 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 11/27@ MichiganL 27-4222000
Sat 11/20vs Michigan StateW 56-711001
Sat 11/13vs PurdueW 59-3121000
Sat 11/6@ NebraskaW 26-1711001
Sat 10/30vs Penn StateW 33-2465100
Sat 10/23@ IndianaW 54-722000
Sat 10/9vs MarylandW 66-17520.5000
Sat 10/2@ RutgersW 52-1320001
Sat 9/25vs AkronW 59-732000
Sat 9/18vs TulsaW 41-2011000
Sat 9/11vs OregonL 28-3511000

Player Story

Marcus Williamson story

Marcus Williamson built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Westerville, OH wearing No. 21, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Marcus Williamson's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 5 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Williamson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State06.31.4
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State04.20.70
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State07.31.50
2020 PostseasonOhio State320.43.63
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State320.43.60
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State4.513.92.11.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 14 · W 52-12 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Penn State

Week 9 · W 33-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Clemson

Week 1 · W 49-28 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 10 · W 49-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 5 · W 52-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

41.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

0 primary output · 7.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage

39.9

#2

2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

39.2

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Ohio State

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games