Marlon Watts

WR · Louisiana Tech 2017 · #13

Last confirmed: Louisiana Tech, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · 197 lb · New Orleans, LA · St. Augustine

Marlon Watts: WR · Louisiana Tech · #13.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Marlon Watts

WR · Louisiana Tech · #13

Moves the chains on third down. A 2-star signing who has since put four seasons on the field at Louisiana Tech. One game to point at: 121 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Southern Miss — Week 8, 2017.

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.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Louisiana Tech	22	319	14.5	0
2016	Louisiana Tech	4	83	20.8	1
2015	Louisiana Tech	16	144	9.0	1
2014	Louisiana Tech	9	106	11.8	0
Career		51	652	12.8	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-24vs Northwestern State	2	25	12.5	16
Wk 3	W 23-22@ Western Kentucky	2	22	11.0	11
Wk 4	L 16-17@ South Carolina	3	33	11.0	19
Wk 5	W 34-16vs South Alabama	4	56	14.0	26
Wk 6	L 22-23@ UAB	1	12	12.0	12
Wk 8	L 27-34vs Southern Miss	5	121	24.2	82	Season-high 121 yds
Wk 9	W 42-28@ Rice	3	38	12.7	16
Wk 11	L 23-48vs Florida Atlantic	2	12	6.0	6
Total		22	319	14.5	82

Signature game

Week 8 · 2017

L 27-34

vs Southern Miss

5 rec · 121 yds

With B. Farlow — 39.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 48 long · J. Smith — 194 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 11.1

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Southern Miss · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.47J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 82 yds to the SoMis 8 for a
Week 1 · Northwestern State · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.91J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 16 yds to the NWSt 36 for a
Week 5 · South Alabama · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA −2.63J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 17 yds Marlon Watts fumbled, forced by Tobias Moss, recovered by SAlab Malcolm Buggs
Week 8 · Southern Miss · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.61J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 23 yds to the SoMis 49 for a
Week 3 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.45J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 11 yds to the WKent 38 for a
Week 5 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.10J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 26 yds to the SAlab 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Rice · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.87J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 16 yds to the LaTch 37 for a
Week 4 · South Carolina · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.67J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 19 yds to the SCaro 31 for a
Week 3 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +1.65J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 11 yds to the LaTch 32 for a
Week 8 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.58J'Mar Smith pass complete to Marlon Watts for 5 yds to the LaTch 41 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Skip Holtz — 34-20 over that span.

2014Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2015Louisiana Tech9-4HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

2017Louisiana Tech7-6HC: Skip Holtz · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (95th percentile). Concern: td rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#184 / 709 · 74th pct

14.7

EPA / target#257 / 709 · 64th pct

0.60

Catch rate#440 / 709 · 38th pct

64.7%

Explosive rate#476 / 709 · 33rd pct

8.8%

TD rate#577 / 709 · 9th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#24 / 539 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#188 / 539 · 65th pct

14.5

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rec yards#346 / 539 · 36th pct

319

Receptions#372 / 539 · 30th pct

Rec TDs#460 / 539 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2017 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.2	53.5	14.2	0.0
Road4g	2.2	26.2	11.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	29.6	12.1	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	3.3	57.0	14.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Skip Holtz

Pass share

46.0%

419 pass / 492 run

Plays / game

70.1

13 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

466 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

22 catches in 8 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Marlon Watts

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

22 catches in 8 games

Four seasons at Louisiana Tech

His moves

2014 3 games