Marquez Valdes-Scantling

#11 · WR · South Florida6′5″ · 209 lb · St. Petersburg, FL · Lakewood

Marquez Valdes-Scantling: WR · South Florida · #11.

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Marquez Valdes-Scantling

WR · South Florida · #11

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 186 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Houston — Week 9, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

South Florida in the news

USF secures bowl eligibilityNov 1

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	South Florida	53	879	16.6	6	95
2016	South Florida	22	415	18.9	5	77
2014	NC State	22	257	11.7	1	42
Career		97	1,551	16.0	12	95

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 13 UCF	2	9	4.5	0	6
Bowl	W 38-34vs Texas Tech	3	133	44.3	1	64
Total		53	879	16.6	6	95

Signature game

Week 9 · 2017

L 24-28

vs Houston

10 rec · 186 yds

With J. Hernandez — 40.2 yards per punt · 9 punts · 53 long · Q. Flowers — 325 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 47.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.92Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 95 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 5 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Marquez Valdes-Scantling run for 75 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 1 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 64 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 9 · Houston · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.56Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 38 yds to the SOUFLA 39 for a SOUTH FLORIDA Penalty, clipping ( Yards) declined for a
Week 5 · East Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 35 yds to the ECaro 17 for a
Week 3 · Illinois · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 25 yds to the Illin 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Illinois · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 43 yds to the Illin 19 for a
Week 5 · East Carolina · 3rd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 26 yds to the ECaro 13 for a EAST CAROLINA Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 8 · Tulane · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Quinton Flowers pass complete to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 28 yds for a TD, (Emilio Nadelman KICK)
Week 3 · Illinois · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Flowers to Valdes-Scantling: a 17-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

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

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

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (88th percentile). Strength: long catch (100th percentile). Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#85 / 709 · 88th pct

16.8

Explosive rate#147 / 709 · 79th pct

17.0%

TD rate#342 / 709 · 51st pct

4.5%

EPA / target#391 / 709 · 45th pct

0.46

Catch rate#602 / 709 · 15th pct

58.0%

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 79th percentile

Catch rate

4th → 15th percentile

TD rate

74th → 51st percentile

Yards / catch

93rd → 88th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	59.8	11.7	0.3
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

2017 season

Head Coach

Charlie Strong

Pass share

36.9%

366 pass / 626 run

Plays / game

82.7

12 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

389 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

53 catches and 8 carries in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Marquez Valdes-Scantling

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

Starter

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

2013

2018