#17

Anthony Ratliff-Williams

Junior wide receiver for North Carolina. 2018: 42 catches, 696 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · North Carolina · Jr. · #17

6′1″ · 205 lb · Matthews, NC

North Carolina 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 396 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for North Carolina. 2018: 42 catches, 696 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 1,347 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Butler

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#396 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Larry Fedora.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (88th percentile). Strength: rush tds (86th percentile).

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

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

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 49–26

vs Western Carolina

15 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 23-point win at home against Western Carolina.

With N. Elliott — 308 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 6 rush yds (2 car) · D. Newsome — -4 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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	18.1	2	51

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology