Player Dossier

2018-2023

Pittsburgh

Marquis Williams

DB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Pompano Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marquis Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Player Story

Marquis Williams built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Pompano Beach, FL wearing No. 14, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Marquis Williams' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.86

Cardinal Gibbons · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Marquis Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Marquis Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
108
TFL
5.5
Passes defended
11
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Marquis Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DB
Career Tackles
108
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 48 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
3-star · Cardinal Gibbons · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
Cardinal Gibbons · 52 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
26 tackles · DB 357th (top 38%) · ACC 167th (top 27%) · National 1,580th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh11-0--037.5
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh24-0--040
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1022-0-4042.8
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh141-0--034.6
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh143120-3034.6
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh102310-1428.8
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh11262.50-3039.2

Related Context

Marquis Williams played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 6 tracked seasons, Marquis Williams recorded 108 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 6 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Loss with 2 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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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

3.1

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wofford: 0. Cincinnati: 1.5. West Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. Louisville: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Notre Dame: 0. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 1. Duke: 2

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Wofford: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 23.3. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Louisville: 7 by 29.2. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 2 by 18.3. Duke: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 8 · +0.4 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

Duke

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/25@ DukeSplash gameL 19-3032101
Fri 11/17vs Boston CollegeW 24-1620001
Sat 11/11@ SyracuseL 13-2811000
Sat 10/28@ Notre DameL 7-5832000
Sat 10/21@ Wake ForestL 17-2110001
Sat 10/14vs LouisvilleW 38-2176000
Sun 10/1@ Virginia TechL 21-3832100
Sun 9/24vs North CarolinaL 24-4111000
Sat 9/16@ West VirginiaL 6-1721000
Sat 9/9vs CincinnatiL 21-27210.50010
Sat 9/2vs WoffordW 45-710000

Player Story

Marquis Williams story

Marquis Williams built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Pompano Beach, FL wearing No. 14, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Marquis Williams' career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 11 passes defended across 48 career games in the available record. That gives Marquis Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh04.21
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh08.41.40
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh615.22.36
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh613.82.70
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh613.82.70
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh413.63.2-2
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh6.515.83.12.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Clemson

Week 8 · W 27-17 · 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

@ Duke

Week 13 · L 19-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 14 · W 45-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Western Michigan

Week 3 · W 34-13

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Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia Tech

Week 5 · L 21-26 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

6 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage

42.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

40

0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

39.2

6.5 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games