Marcus Williams
Mississippi State Bulldogs
88
Great

Marcus Williams

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NBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Rice
Projected Starter

Is Marcus Williams starting?

Marcus Williams is the projected starter at NB for Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Redshirt senior · #15 · 6'3", 275 lbs

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Depth at NB · Mississippi State Bulldogs

  1. 11588Marcus WilliamsStarter
  2. 22165Dre Riley
  3. 31765Kyle Johnson

Mississippi State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

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Up next for Mississippi State

Mississippi State plays Vanderbilt at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Valdosta, ranked #1,560 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 61 tackles, 0 INT, 5 PBU. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,560 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile86th
Valdosta, GA
Jersey
#15
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
275 lbs
Transfer
Rice

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—6105

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8550
National Rank
#1560
High School
Valdosta
Hometown
Valdosta, GA

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 86th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.80 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 32% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.80)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LTEXTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-3

Oct 24LOUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-15

Oct 17LLSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-0

Oct 3LALATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-23

Sep 26WMIZTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-24

Sep 19WSCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 41-34

Sep 12WMINNTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-13

Sep 5WULMTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 62-13

Marcus Williams's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

61 tkl · 5 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement89%
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