Anthony Ratliff-Williams

#17 · WR · Jr. · North Carolina6′1″ · 205 lb · Matthews, NC · Butler

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

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Anthony Ratliff-Williams

WR · North Carolina · Jr · #17

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

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

North Carolina in the news

Gregory Kirwan commits to UNC247Sports Nov 3
Top-ranked wing commits to CarolinaOct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Fran Brown names UNC QB1Syracuse.com Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	North Carolina	42	696	16.6	2	51
2017	North Carolina	35	630	18.0	6	51
2016	North Carolina	3	21	7.0	0	14
Career		80	1,347	16.8	8	51

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 · 2018 season

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 in 2018. 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

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Style of play

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

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

Four seasons at North Carolina

2015