Player Dossier

2024-2025

USC

Marcelles Williams

CB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Carson, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marcelles Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Marcelles Williams built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a cornerback from Carson, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Marcelles Williams' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9357

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Marcelles Williams, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · USC. Marcelles Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
38
TFL
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Marcelles Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · CB
Career Tackles
38
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
4-star · St. John Bosco · USC
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
37 tackles · CB 62nd (top 14%) · Big Ten 127th (top 17%) · National 1,043rd (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonUSC1110-1055
2025 PostseasonUSC114-0--038
2025 Regular SeasonUSC1133-0-4038

Related Context

Marcelles Williams played CB for USC. Across 2 tracked seasons, Marcelles Williams recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

USC paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

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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2025 Postseason · USC

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

17.6

Usage

2.7

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

Nebraska

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. TCU: 0. Missouri State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Purdue: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Nebraska: 1. Iowa: 1. Oregon: 1. UCLA: 1

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. TCU: 4 by 16.7. Missouri State: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 5 by 20.8. Illinois: 5 by 20.8. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Notre Dame: 5 by 20.8. Nebraska: 6 by 35. Iowa: 0 by 10. Oregon: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.2 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

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

35 vs Nebraska

Result
Wed 12/31@ TCUL 27-3044000
Sun 11/30vs UCLAW 29-1011001
Sat 11/22@ OregonL 27-4231001
Sat 11/15vs IowaW 26-2100001
Sat 11/1@ NebraskaW 21-1763001
Sat 10/18@ Notre DameL 24-3452000
Sat 10/11vs MichiganW 31-1333000
Sat 9/27@ IllinoisL 32-3454000
Sat 9/13@ PurdueW 33-1754000
Sat 9/6vs Georgia SouthernW 59-2022000
Sat 8/30vs Missouri StateW 73-1331000

Player Story

Marcelles Williams story

Marcelles Williams built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a cornerback from Carson, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Marcelles Williams' career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 5 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Marcelles Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonUSC224.25.5
2025 PostseasonUSC417.62.72
2025 Regular SeasonUSC417.62.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 46 Nebraska

Week 10 · W 21-17 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah State

Week 2 · W 48-0

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Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 4 Oregon

Week 13 · L 27-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

1

Havoc Plays

46.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 98 UCLA

Week 14 · W 29-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

40.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 12 Iowa

Week 12 · W 26-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · USC

2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 5.5 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · USC

38

4 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · USC

38

4 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games