Anthony Ratliff-Williams

WR · North Carolina 2018 · #17

Last confirmed: North Carolina, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · 205 lb · Matthews, NC · Butler

Anthony Ratliff-Williams: WR · North Carolina · #17.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jenson StoshakFlorida Atlantic · 2014 · 90% season match
BJ Johnson IIIGeorgia Southern · 2016 · 88% season match
Geno LewisPenn State · 2014 · 86% season match
Tre'Quan SmithUCF · 2015 · 84% season match
Noel ThomasUConn · 2015 · 83% season match

Anthony Ratliff-Williams

WR · North Carolina · Jr · #17

Moves the chains on third down. He has spent three seasons in the North Carolina receiving corps. A game that shows it: 103 receiving yards and 8 rushing yards against Georgia Tech — Week 10, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

North Carolina in the news

Fran Brown names UNC QB1Syracuse.com Oct 22
Belichick admits UNC coaching shortcomingsYahoo Sports Oct 18

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	North Carolina	42	696	16.6	2
2017	North Carolina	35	630	18.0	6
2016	North Carolina	3	21	7.0	0
Career		80	1,347	16.8	8

Season	Team
2018	North Carolina	11	83	598
2017	North Carolina	1	1	895
2016	North Carolina	2	−10	138
Career		14	74	1,631

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-24@ California	3	62	20.7	1	44
Wk 2	L 19-41@ East Carolina	4	84	21.0	0	28
Wk 4	W 38-35vs Pittsburgh	4	84	21.0	0	37
Wk 5	L 10-47@ No. 16 Miami	2	33	16.5	0	20
Wk 7	L 19-22vs Virginia Tech	3	19	6.3	1	11
Wk 8	L 37-40@ Syracuse	9	79	8.8	0	19
Wk 9	L 21-31@ Virginia	3	18	6.0	0	8
Wk 10	L 28-38vs Georgia Tech	4	103	25.8	0	44	Season-high 103 yds
Wk 11	L 35-42@ Duke	4	54	13.5	0	35
Wk 12	W 49-26vs Western Carolina	4	84	21.0	0	47
Wk 13	L 28-34vs NC State	2	76	38.0	0	51
Total		42	696	16.6	2	51

Signature game

Week 8 · 2018

L 37-40

at Syracuse

9 rec · 79 yds · 14 rush yds (1 car)

With D. Newsome — 7 rec · 90 yds · 1 TD · N. Elliott — 321 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · NC State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +4.13Cade Fortin pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 51 yds to the NCSt 19 for a
Week 5 · Miami · 4th and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.81Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 20 yds to the MiaFl 24 for a
Week 10 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.73Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 35 yds to the GTech 39 for a
Week 2 · East Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.55Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 28 yds to the ECaro 30 for a
Week 12 · Western Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.52Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 47 yds to the WCaro 36 for a
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 21 yds to the Pitt 23 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · East Carolina · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 25 yds to the ECaro 28 for a
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 37 yds to the Pitt 15 for a
Week 2 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.98Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 22 yds to the ECaro 47 for a EAST CAROLINA Penalty, personal foul (Nolan Johnson) to the ECaro 38 for a
Week 1 · California · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Nathan Elliott pass complete to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for 44 yds to the Cal 26 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 13-23 over that span.

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (87th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#92 / 702 · 87th pct

16.5

Explosive rate#123 / 702 · 82nd pct

18.2%

EPA / target#386 / 702 · 45th pct

0.48

TD rate#530 / 702 · 25th pct

2.6%

Catch rate#640 / 702 · 9th pct

54.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#34 / 277 · 88th pct

Rush TDs#16 / 277 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#87 / 550 · 84th pct

16.6

Rec yards#115 / 550 · 79th pct

696

Receptions#170 / 550 · 68th pct

Long catch#245 / 550 · 54th pct

Rec TDs#289 / 550 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

76th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

66th → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

10th → 9th percentile

TD rate

87th → 25th percentile

Yards / catch

93rd → 87th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	73.2	22.4	0.2
Road6g	4.2	55.0	14.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	56.4	17.1	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	69.0	18.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Larry Fedora

Pass share

51.1%

414 pass / 396 run

Plays / game

73.6

11 games

Team sack rate

2.3%

426 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

42 catches, 11 carries and 2 pass attempts in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Anthony Ratliff-Williams

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

North Carolina in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

42 catches, 11 carries and 2 pass attempts in 11 games

Four seasons at North Carolina

His moves

2015