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Marcel Williams

#2Marcel Williams

WR·Akron·2025

Marcel Williams is a Versatile WR for Akron. Marcel's 2025 season ranks in the 100th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 66 plays — a elite rate for the WR.

What projects, and what doesn't · WRs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.47
    Beats guessing the WR average by 16%. n=6,302 WR seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.09
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=5,767 WR seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.45
    Beats guessing the WR average by 12%. n=5,767 WR seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Marcel Williams's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Receiving
45 Receptions641 Rec yards2 Rec TD14.2 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs WR peers

  • Efficiency100
  • Volume25
  • Explosiveness48
  • Consistency81
  • Pass-Down100
Player type
Versatile WR

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite
Game-to-game consistency81th %ile · above avg
Key findings
  • Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
  • High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
  • 7 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Strong second-half surge — EPA/play improved 0.33 from the first to second half of the season.
  • Peak game: 1.35 EPA/play in Wk 11 vs Massachusetts (SP+ -37).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗
Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Historical Comparables · WR · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

PlayerTeamWEPA/playLine valTotal EPA
Quadree HendersonPittsburgh0.5301.633.4
DeAndre HughesAir Force0.4701.328.2
Keytaon ThompsonMississippi State0.4601.232.2
Savion WilliamsTCU0.4501.125.2
Bert Emanuel Jr.Central Michigan0.4601.624.4

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+1.3501.35Wk 1 vs Wyoming: +0.47 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Nebraska: +0.99 EPA/play2Wk 3 vs UAB: +0.37 EPA/play3Wk 5 vs Toledo: +0.30 EPA/play5Wk 6 vs Central Michigan: -0.08 EPA/play6Wk 7 vs Miami (OH): +0.91 EPA/play7Wk 8 vs Ball State: +0.28 EPA/play8Wk 9 vs Buffalo: +0.44 EPA/play9Wk 11 vs Massachusetts: +1.35 EPA/play11Wk 12 vs Kent State: +0.91 EPA/play12Wk 13 vs Bowling Green: +0.70 EPA/play13
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+RecRec YdsAvgRec TDLongEPA/play
1vsWyomingL0-10-11.311616.00160.47
2@NebraskaL0-686.222814.00190.99
3@UABL28-31-15.82199.50110.37
5@ToledoL3-456.02157.50110.30
6vsCentral MichiganW28-22-8.823316.5027-0.08
7vsMiami (OH)L7-20-3.444812.00190.91
8@Ball StateL28-42-23.022412.00130.28
9@BuffaloW24-16-7.567412.30320.44
11vsMassachusettsW44-10-36.6410426.00461.35
12vsKent StateL35-42-19.31420614.72420.91
13@Bowling GreenW19-16-12.667412.30280.70

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
8.7%
Passing plays
17.1%
Rushing plays
0.0%
Standard downs
9.1%
Passing downs
8.1%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.36
Passing downs
1.43
Pass / Rush EPA
0.69 / —

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.