Marlon Williams

WR · UCF 2020 · #6

Last confirmed: UCF, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′0″ · 215 lb · Mobile, AL · McGill Toolen

Marlon Williams: WR · UCF · #6.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Darren Woods Jr.UNLV · 2019 · 90% season match
Austin CarrNorthwestern · 2016 · 81% season match
Korey RobertsonSouthern Miss · 2017 · 79% season match
Collin DixonIllinois · 2026 · 75% season match
Nelson SpruceColorado · 2014 · 73% season match

Marlon Williams

WR · UCF · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Marlon Williams has been at UCF through two head coaches in four seasons. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-AAC. On tape: 174 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Tulane, Week 8, 2020.

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.

UCF in the news

BYU releases updated depth chartRoundtable Oct 19
OSU changes depth chart for UCF gameSports Illustrated Oct 7

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	UCF	69	1,017	14.7	10
2019	UCF	51	717	14.1	6
2018	UCF	18	234	13.0	1
2017	UCF	17	270	15.9	2
Career		155	2,238	14.4	19

Season	Team
2020	UCF	--	--	--	6
2019	UCF	--	--	42	19
2018	UCF	5	25	93	--
2017	UCF	2	54	--	--
Career		7	79	135	25

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	W 49-21@ Georgia Tech	10	154	15.4	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 51-28@ East Carolina	13	136	10.5	0	24	136-yard receiving day
Wk 5	L 26-34vs Tulsa	9	98	10.9	0	22
Wk 7	L 49-50@ Memphis	11	169	15.4	1	85	169-yard receiving day
Wk 8	W 51-34vs Tulane	9	174	19.3	3	54	Season-high 174 yds
Wk 9	W 44-21@ Houston	5	87	17.4	0	42
Wk 11	W 38-13vs Temple	4	102	25.5	2	50	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 33-36vs No. 7 Cincinnati	8	97	12.1	2	19	2 TD catches
Total		69	1017	14.7	10	85

Signature game

Week 8 · 2020

W 51-34

vs Tulane

9 rec · 174 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Tulane at home in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 422 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (12 car) · G. McCrae — 162 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 15 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Memphis · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +7.06Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 85 yds for a TD (Daniel Obarski PAT BLOCKED)
Week 8 · Tulane · 4th and 12 · Q3 · EPA +5.82Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 35 yds for a TD (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 8 · Tulane · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 54 yds for a TD (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 9 · Houston · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +4.14Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 42 yds to the Houst 34 for a
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.56Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 40 yds to the GTech 25 for a
Week 11 · Temple · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.55Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 23 yds for a TD (Daniel Obarski KICK)

4 more plays

Week 12 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 19 yds for a TD (Dillon Gabriel pass to Marlon Williams for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.22Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 25 yds to the GTech 48 for a
Week 9 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 38 yds to the Houst 36 for a
Week 12 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.92Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Marlon Williams for 15 yds to the Cincy 44 for a

Teams and coaches

2017UCF13-0HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019UCF10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#5 / 421 · 98th pct

Receptions#8 / 421 · 98th pct

Rec yards#10 / 421 · 98th pct

1017

Long catch#12 / 421 · 97th pct

Yards / catch#138 / 421 · 67th pct

14.7

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	7.5	118	16.9	1.8
Road4g	9.8	136	14.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	10.8	139	13.1	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	6.5	115	18.6	1.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2020 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Pass share

48.1%

408 pass / 441 run

Plays / game

94.3

9 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

432 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Marlon Williams

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

UCF in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at UCF

His moves

2017 11 games

2020 8 games