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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Marshall
Justin Williams-Thomas
RB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Dallas, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Justin Williams-Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tennessee • California • Marshall
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri State
Player Story
Justin Williams-Thomas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Dallas, GA wearing No. 9, spending time with California, Marshall, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Justin...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Justin Williams-Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall. Justin Williams-Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 373
- Rushing yards
- 325
- Receiving yards
- 48
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Justin Williams-Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Marshall · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 373
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Marshall
- Top game
- Missouri State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · East Paulding · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- East Paulding · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 238 scrimmage yards · RB 349th (top 48%) · Sun Belt 99th (top 37%) · National 950th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 3 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | California | 6 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 6 | 99 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Marshall | 9 | 238 | 197 | 41 | 3 | 55.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marshall to Massachusetts | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 76.8 | Jan 23, 2026 |
| 2025 | California to Marshall | P4 to G5/FCS | 74.7 | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 2023 | Tennessee to California | P4 to P4 | 80.3 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Justin Williams-Thomas played RB for Tennessee, California, and Marshall. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justin Williams-Thomas recorded 325 rushing yards, 48 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Marshall paired 238 primary output with 57.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 57.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, California, Marshall.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri State
Loss with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Marshall
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
26.4
Efficiency
57.6
Usage
7.4
Consistency
42.7
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 24. Missouri State: 61. Eastern Kentucky: 56. Middle Tennessee: 10. Louisiana: 5. Old Dominion: 2. Texas State: 9. Coastal Carolina: 53. James Madison: 18
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. Georgia: 4 by 62.5. Missouri State: 8 by 79.4. Eastern Kentucky: 9 by 41.6. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 17.4. Louisiana: 1 by 52.1. Old Dominion: 1 by 20.8. Texas State: 1 by 87.5. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 94.2. James Madison: 3 by 62.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins19.3 · Games = 4 · -13.0 vs Losses
Losses32.2 · Games = 5 · +13.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Missouri State
Best efficiency game
94.2 vs Coastal Carolina
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/8 | vs James Madison | L 23-35 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Thu 10/30 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 27-44 | 5 | 53 | 10.60 | 0 | — | — | 10.6 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas State | W 40-37 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Old Dominion | W 48-24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sun 9/28 | @ Louisiana | L 51-54 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 42-28 | 6 | 10 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Kentucky2+ TD | W 38-7 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 6.2 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Missouri State | L 20-21 | 8 | 61 | 7.60 | 1 | — | — | 7.6 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Georgia | L 7-45 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
Player Story
Justin Williams-Thomas story
Justin Williams-Thomas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Dallas, GA wearing No. 9, spending time with California, Marshall, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Justin Williams-Thomas' career was his backfield work: 325 rushing yards, 67 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 48 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 48 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justin Williams-Thomas' 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
Tennessee
2022
Opening stop
- 2
California
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Marshall
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 37 | 32.6 | 5.2 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | California | 98 | 39.7 | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 98 | 39.7 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | -98 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Marshall | 238 | 57.6 | 7.4 | 238 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 108 Missouri State
Week 2 · L 20-21
Loss with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61
Scrimmage Yards
76.4 takeover
61 scrimmage yards and 17.4 usage.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 13 · W 33-7 · Conference game
47
Scrimmage Yards
68.3 takeover
Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#3
@ No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · L 27-44 · Conference game
53
Scrimmage Yards
67.6 takeover
Loss with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
53 scrimmage yards and 7.6 usage.
#4
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 3 · W 38-7
56
Scrimmage Yards
57.6 takeover
Win with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 13.8 usage.
#5
vs Akron
Week 3 · W 63-6
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Scrimmage Yards
55.9 takeover
Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
22 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Marshall
238 primary output · 57.6 efficiency · 7.4 usage
55.3
#2
2023 Postseason · California
31.9
98 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · California
31.9
98 primary · 39.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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