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2021 Football Roster

Tim Smith
Tim Smith

7 Marcus Williams Jr.

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 204
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Rocky Mount, N.C.
  • High School SouthWest Edgecombe HS
  • Prev School App State
  • Twitter MarcWillJr
  • Instagram marcus_williams1

Biography

GRADUATE (2021)
• Appeared and started in all 12 games at running back for LA Tech in 2021. 
• Made his Bulldog debut at Mississippi State (Sept. 4).
• Led the team in rush attempts (194), rush yards (893), rushing touchdowns (8), and all purpose yards (989).
• Averaged 65.58 yards per game on the ground and 4.1 yards per rush during 2021 (led team).
• Registered 20 receptions for 202 receiving yards and a touchdown. 
• Posted season-highs in rush attempts (29), rush yards (131), and touchdowns (4) in win over Charlotte (Nov. 13).
• His four rushing touchdowns against Charlotte are the most in a single game since Kenneth Dixon's six touchdowns in 2015.
• It marked only the ninth time in Bulldog history that a player rushed for four or more touchdowns in a single game.

APP STATE (2016-20)
• Played in 42 career games, including six starts, at App State.
• Rushed for more than 500 yards in each of his four seasons played (2017-20).
• Finished App State career with 2,216 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, averaging 5.5 yards per carry.
• Had six career-games with 100-plus rushing yards.
• Rushed for a career-high 130 yards against Georgia Southern in 2017.
• Appeared in eight games with two starts as senior in 2020, registering 503 rushing yards on 68 attempts for three touchdowns.
• Scored a 70-yard rushing touchdown in the bowl win against North Texas (Dec. 21, 2020).
• Was an All-Sun Belt honorable mention in 2019 after finishing the season with 652 rushing yards on 113 attempts for five touchdowns.
• Appeared in 12 games in 2018, rushing for 561 yards on 122 attempts and scored four touchdowns.
• Played in eight games as a redshirt freshman in 2017 where he finished the season with 500 rushing yards on 97 attempts for two touchdowns.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from SouthWest Edgecombe High School in 2016.
• Competed in football, baseball, basketball and track.
• Registered 5,216 total yards and 63 total touchdowns.
• Had 2,379 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns as a senior. 
• Eastern conference Plains MVP.
Wilson Daily Times Offensive MVP.
Rocky Mount Telegram area MVP.
• Team offensive MVP.
• Coached by Jonathan Cobb.

PERSONAL
Son of Marcus Williams and Kimberly Clayton... Has five siblings, Jasnique, Imani, Jordan, Harmony and Josh... Born on Nov. 17, 1997.

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