Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2025Akron
Marcel Williams
WR • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Hollywood, FL, USA
Alpha targetExplosive finisher
Marcel Williams reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Marshall • Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Marcel Williams built his college career from 2015 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Akron and Marshall. The clearest part of Marcel Williams' career was his...
Read the storyMarcel Williams, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron. Marcel Williams reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,536
- Receptions
- 110
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Marcel Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,536
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Blanche Ely · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 641 receiving yards · WR 125th (top 12%) · Mid-American 7th (top 4%) · National 128th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Marshall | 9 | 41 | 512 | 2 | 72.3 |
| 2018 Postseason | Marshall | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 48.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 23 | 369 | 1 | 48.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 45 | 641 | 2 | 75.3 |
Related Context
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Marcel Williams played WR for Marshall and Akron. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcel Williams recorded 18 rushing yards, 1,536 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Akron paired 641 primary output with 84.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 84.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Marshall, Akron.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Akron
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
58.3
Efficiency
84.5
Usage
24.2
Consistency
36.3
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 16. Nebraska: 28. UAB: 19. Toledo: 15. Central Michigan: 33. Miami (OH): 48. Ball State: 24. Buffalo: 74. Massachusetts: 104. Kent State: 206. Bowling Green: 74
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. Wyoming: 1 by 100. Nebraska: 2 by 93.3. UAB: 2 by 63.3. Toledo: 2 by 50. Central Michigan: 2 by 100. Miami (OH): 4 by 80. Ball State: 2 by 80. Buffalo: 6 by 82.2. Massachusetts: 4 by 100. Kent State: 14 by 98.1. Bowling Green: 6 by 82.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins71.3 · Games = 4 · +20.4 vs Losses
Losses50.9 · Games = 7 · -20.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Massachusetts
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/19 | @ Bowling Green | W 19-16 | — | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 28 |
| Wed 11/12 | vs Kent State100 receiving yards · High volume | L 35-42 | — | 14 | 206 | 14.7 | 14.70 | 2 | 42 |
| Wed 11/5 | vs Massachusetts100 receiving yards | W 44-10 | — | 4 | 104 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 46 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Buffalo | W 24-16 | — | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ball State | L 28-42 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Miami (OH) | L 7-20 | — | 4 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Central Michigan | W 28-22 | — | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 16.50 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Toledo | L 3-45 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 9/14 | @ UAB | L 28-31 | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Nebraska | L 0-68 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Wyoming | L 0-10 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Player Story
Marcel Williams story
Marcel Williams built his college career from 2015 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Hollywood, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Akron and Marshall. The clearest part of Marcel Williams' career was his receiving role: 110 catches, 1,536 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 18 rushing yards across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Marshall. 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 18 rushing yards, 4 tackles, and 439 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron and Marshall.
The arc is straightforward: Marcel 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Marshall
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201820182025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Marshall | 512 | 78.1 | 20.4 | 512 |
| 2018 Postseason | Marshall | 383 | 72.5 | 10.9 | -129 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Marshall | 383 | 72.5 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 641 | 84.5 | 24.2 | 258 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 10 · L 24-26 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
139
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
139 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 130 Kent State
Week 12 · L 35-42 · Conference game
206
Receiving Yards
99.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
206 receiving yards with a 98.1 efficiency score.
#3
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 10 · L 25-30 · Conference game
122
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
122 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 136 Massachusetts
Week 11 · W 44-10 · Conference game
104
Receiving Yards
81.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
104 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Florida International
Week 9 · L 30-41 · Conference game
92
Receiving Yards
78.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
92 receiving yards with a 68.1 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Akron
641 primary output · 84.5 efficiency · 24.2 usage
75.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Marshall
72.3
512 primary · 78.1 efficiency · 20.4 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Marshall
48.7
383 primary · 72.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage
Milestones
4
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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