#11

Marquez Valdes-Scantling

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2017: 53 catches, 879 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · South Florida · #11

6′5″ · 209 lb · St. Petersburg, FL

Green Bay — drafted 2018, Rd 5, Pick 37, #174 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1536 nationally · Signed with NC State

Statement game10 rec · 186 ydsvs Houston (FBS) · L 24-28

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at South Florida. 2017: 53 catches, 879 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2013.
Drafted round 5 by the Green Bay in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Florida, 1,551 receiving yards — drafted at #174 overall by Green Bay.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 186 yds vs Houston.Houston · L 24-282017

2013

Signed with NC State3-star out of Lakewood

2018

Drafted by Green Bayround 5, pick 174

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1536 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #174

Green Bay · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2017

Charlie Strong

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 9th NFL season

#174Rd 5 · Pick 37

Green BayEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (100th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#1 / 539 · 100th pct

Rush yards#21 / 283 · 93rd pct

108

Rec yards#49 / 539 · 91st pct

879

Rush TDs#9 / 283 · 89th pct

Receptions#90 / 539 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#93 / 539 · 83rd pct

16.6

Rec TDs#83 / 539 · 82nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	70.3	16.3	0.4
Road5g	4.6	77.4	14.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	67.7	17.5	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	81.0	13.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	South Florida	53	879	16.6	6	--
2016	South Florida	22	415	18.9	5	--
2014	NC State	22	257	11.7	1	--
Career		97	1,551	16.0	12	--

Season	Team
2017	South Florida	8	108	39	--	--
2016	South Florida	2	4	--	--	--
2014	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		10	112	39	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 31–17

vs Stony Brook

4 rec · 15 yds · 1 TD

With J. Hernandez — 46 AVG · 63 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Flowers — 186 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.7 · 67 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-22@ San José State	6	91	15.2	0	50	133-yard receiving day
Wk 1	W 31-17vs Stony Brook	4	15	3.8	1	6	133-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 47-23vs Illinois	4	96	24.0	1	43
Wk 4	W 43-7vs Temple	2	26	13.0	0	15
Wk 5	W 61-31@ East Carolina	6	94	15.7	1	35
Wk 7	W 33-3vs Cincinnati	3	19	6.3	0	12
Wk 8	W 34-28@ Tulane	3	41	13.7	1	28
Wk 9	L 24-28vs Houston	10	186	18.6	0	38	Season-high 186 yds
Wk 10	W 37-20@ UConn	6	152	25.3	1	95	152-yard receiving day
Wk 12	W 27-20vs Tulsa	4	17	4.3	0	11
Wk 13	L 42-49@ UCF	2	9	4.5	0	6
Bowl	W 38-34vs Texas Tech	3	133	44.3	1	64
Total		53	879	15.7	6	95

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