#20

Marcus Williams

Former defensive back at Utah. 2016: 5 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

DB · Utah · #20

6′1″ · Corona, CA

New Orleans — drafted 2017, Rd 2, Pick 10, #42 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 936 nationally · Signed with Utah

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Utah. 2016: 5 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah in 2014.
Drafted round 2 by the New Orleans in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Utah, 64 tackles — drafted at #42 overall by New Orleans.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Utah3-star out of Eleanor Roosevelt

2017

Drafted by New Orleansround 2, pick 42

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#936 national

CFB

College

Utah

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #42

New Orleans · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 10th NFL season

#42Rd 2 · Pick 10

New OrleansEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 28-11 over that span.

2014Utah9-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2015Utah10-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2016Utah9-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#12 / 763 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#240 / 2668 · 91st pct

Tackles#398 / 2668 · 85th pct

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Utah	64	46	1.0	0.0	3	5	--
2015	Utah	--	--	--	--	--	5	--
2014	Utah	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		64	46	1.0	0.0	3	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 31–27

vs USC

8 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 REC

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With T. Williams — 270 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.9 · 17 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · M. Wishnowsky — 49 AVG · 58 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week