Mario Williams

Former wide receiver at Tulane. 2024: 60 catches, 1,031 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Tulane · Jr. · #4

5′9″ · 178 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 80 · #36 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTulane 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 43 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Tulane. 2024: 60 catches, 1,031 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 2,276 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 145 yds at Utah.Utah · L 42-432022

202110 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Plant City

202414 games

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#43 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

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.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #36 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (91st percentile). Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#46 / 610 · 93rd pct

17.2

Explosive rate#58 / 610 · 91st pct

26.3%

EPA / target#206 / 610 · 66th pct

1.01

TD rate#219 / 610 · 64th pct

7.9%

Catch rate#528 / 610 · 14th pct

78.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#21 / 541 · 96th pct

1031

Receptions#58 / 541 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#73 / 541 · 86th pct

17.2

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Long catch#98 / 541 · 82nd pct

Rush yards#154 / 299 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

37th → 66th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

82nd → 14th percentile

TD rate

31st → 64th percentile

Yards / catch

35th → 93rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	99.2	21.0	0.5
Road8g	4.0	54.5	12.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	72.1	16.5	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	4.4	75.1	16.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #36 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	60	1,031	17.2	6	--
2023	USC	29	305	10.5	2	--
2022	USC	34	560	16.5	5	--
2021	Oklahoma	35	380	10.9	4	--
Career		158	2,276	14.4	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	2	12	--	--	--
2023	USC	2	--	--	--	--
2022	USC	1	10	7	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	2	12	108	--	--
Career		7	34	115	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 41–33

at Louisiana

5 rec · 24 yds

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

With R. Pleasant — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT · M. Hughes — 166 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Temple · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +4.81Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 46 yds to the TEM 2 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Kansas State · 3&21 · Q3 · EPA +4.62Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 47 yds to the KSU 20 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Army · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.20Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 42 yds for a TD (Patrick Durkin KICK)
Week 5 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 53 yds for a TD (Ethan Head KICK)
Week 1 · SE Louisiana · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 68 yds to the SELA 12 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Louisiana · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +3.33Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 14 yds to the UL 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Ty Thompson pass complete to Mario Williams for 16 yds for a TD (Ty Thompson pass to Zycarl Lewis Jr. for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 1 · SE Louisiana · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.25Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 24 yds to the SELA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Charlotte · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 23 yds to the TULN 49 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · South Florida · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Darian Mensah pass complete to Mario Williams for 27 yds for a TD (Ethan Head KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-0vs SE Louisiana	4	124	31.0	0	68
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Kansas State	6	128	21.3	0	47
Wk 3	L 19-34@ Oklahoma	3	36	12.0	0	22
Wk 4	W 41-33@ Louisiana	5	24	4.8	0	14
Wk 5	W 45-10vs South Florida	4	94	23.5	2	53	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 71-20@ UAB	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 8	W 24-10vs Rice	3	25	8.3	0	18
Wk 9	W 45-37@ North Texas	2	26	13.0	1	17
Wk 10	W 34-3@ Charlotte	6	96	16.0	0	25
Wk 11	W 52-6vs Temple	4	94	23.5	0	46
Wk 12	W 35-0@ Navy	3	46	15.3	0	21
Wk 14	L 24-34vs Memphis	7	130	18.6	1	55	Season-high 130 yds
Wk 15	L 14-35@ Army	6	109	18.2	1	42
Bowl	L 8-33@ Florida	6	91	15.2	1	22
Total		60	1031	16.3	6	68

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

Mario Williams

202110 games

202414 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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