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Heisman / Players / Mario Williams /Tulane

Mario Williams

WR · Tulane · Jr · #4

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETETulane 2024 — college career complete

WR · TULANE · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Mario Williams

  • 3
  • #4
  • 5-9 | 178 lb
  • Tampa, FL

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#367

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2024

2021

Oklahoma · WR

2022

USC · WR

2023

USC · WR

2024

Tulane · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2024
3802021
5602022
3052023
1,0312024

+171%

Up 171% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#43 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +3000

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey4
Measurements5-9 | 178 lb
HometownTampa, FL
Primary teamTulane

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 43 recruit
Composite rating 0.9801 HighSchool
Signed with Oklahoma 2021
Origin Plant City Plant City, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 4-star | 0.9801 No. 43 recruit | HighSchool | Oklahoma

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#367Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#489Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Oklahoma

Composite

0.9801

#43 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Mario Williams

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Mario Williams

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Mario Williams already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #367 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 8.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 43 recruit

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 60 6 rec TD | #61/1110 (95th pct)
Receiving yards 1,031 17.2 per catch | #16/1107 (99th pct)
Scrimmage yards 1,043 Total offensive yardage | #16/1107 (99th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet | Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnetBig-play receiver

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
60 95th
YDS
1,031 99th
YPR
17.2 87th
TD
6 95th

Rushing

CAR
2 53rd
YDS
12 53rd
YPC
6.0 69th
TD
0 81st

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma10-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced
2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2024Tulane601,03117.26--
2023USC2930510.52--
2022USC3456016.55--
2021Oklahoma3538010.94--
Career4 loaded seasons1582,27614.417--
SeasonTeam
2024Tulane212------
2023USC2--------
2022USC1107----
2021Oklahoma212108----
Career4 loaded seasons734115----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 8.9% 22.5% pass-game share | #47/1137 (96th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 6 Across offense and returns | #56/1111 (95th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 60 #61/1110 95th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 1,031 #16/1107 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 6 #56/1111 95th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 17.2 #141/1106 87th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 22.5% #47/1137 96th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 13 #134/346 62nd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 12 #187/397 53rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 6.0 #124/393 69th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 2 #194/407 53rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 68 #109/1105 90th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 10.3% #220/1137 81st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.9% #233/1137 80th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 9.4% #113/1137 90th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 8.9% #149/1137 87th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 8.3% #134/1137 88th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.6% #259/1137 77th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.5% #284/1137 75th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #131/302 57th pct Turnoversvs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Pass share

45.8%

424 pass / 501 run

Plays / game

66.1

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

3.4%

294 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches
2021
Willie Fritz
Tulane
2022
Willie Fritz
Tulane
2023
Slade Nagle
Tulane
era →
2024
Jon Sumrall
Tulane
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownTampa, FL
Height5'9"
Weight178 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey4

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-AAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-AAC all_conference Tulane | AAC WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Tulane WR3 #367 #489 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 USC WR3 #1026 #1053 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 USC WR3 #192 #178 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12
2021 Oklahoma WR3 #427 #363 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Tulane American Athletic WR 3 No. 4 | 5-9 | 178 lb | Tampa, FL
2023 USC Pac-12 WR 3 No. 4 | 5-9 | 178 lb | Tampa, FL
2022 USC Pac-12 WR 3 No. 4 | 5-9 | 178 lb | Tampa, FL
2021 Oklahoma Big 12 WR 3 No. 4 | 5-9 | 178 lb | Tampa, FL