Marcus Williams

Marcus Williams

28-Year-Old SafetyS
Baltimore Ravens
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Both Williams and the Ravens are hoping that this is the season the veteran safety can stay on the field. Williams is in the top ten in average salary among safeties and has missed 13 games in two seasons in Baltimore. The Ravens were able to paper over his absence with the emergence of Geno Stone, but Stone is now a Bengal. Williams has been productive when healthy, racking up five interceptions and 116 tackles in 21 games. Durability is the major story line for Williams in 2024 because Baltimore now lacks depth at safety behind its starting tandem. Read Past Outlooks
RANKS
#592
ADP
#Subscriber-Only
IDP
$Signed a five-year, $70 million contract with the Ravens in March of 2022.
Second-leading tackler in loss
SBaltimore Ravens
September 6, 2024
Williams racked up six tackles (five solo) and one pass defensed during Thursday's 27-20 loss to the Chiefs.
ANALYSIS
Williams played 100 percent of the defensive snaps in Baltimore's season opener and finished second on the team in tackles, behind only star linebacker Roquan Smith. The starting safety figures to repeat an every-down role Week 2 versus the Raiders at home.
Read More News
NFL Stats
Loading NFL Stats...
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2024 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2023 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2022 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2021 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2020 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2019 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2018 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
2017 NFL Game Log
calculator icon
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Game Log...
Snap Distribution / Depth Chart
Snap Counts
Snap %
Baltimore RavensRavens 2024 S Snap Distribution See more data like this | See last season's snap counts
#% of Team Snaps

29396%
24396%
29396%
24697%
16855%
14657%
52%
52%
Loading Weekly Snap Counts...
2024 Marcus Williams Split Stats
Loading NFL Split Stats...
Recent RotoWire Articles Featuring Marcus Williams See More
NFL Win Totals 2024: Betting the Ravens' Win Total
55 days ago
RotoWire's NFL Win Totals series rolls on with a look at the Baltimore Ravens. Can Lamar Jackson override the roster attrition and lead the Ravens over 10.5 wins?
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Humphrey had a bounce-back season in 2022 after an injury-shortened 2021 that was full of uncharacteristic struggles. He allowed six touchdowns in just 12 games in 2021 and cut that number to just two on 62 attempts over 17 games in 2022. Humphrey was also active as a tackler (71) and logged a career-high three sacks. He'll be 27 this season and is still in his prime as one of the best corners in the league. Humphrey is a reliable source of tackles for a corner and he has turnover and forced fumble upside, making him a coveted asset in IDP leagues.
While the Saints may not be able to afford Williams for much longer, the rising safety signed his franchise tender this spring and officially is sticking around New Orleans for at least one more year. Because Williams is the rare ballhawk with sideline-to-sideline range, it's great news for a secondary that has a hole at No. 2 cornerback. The issue is that fellow safety Malcolm Jenkins plays closer to the line of scrimmage and has recorded 90-plus tackles in two of the last three seasons. Meanwhile, Williams will man deep safety, which likely will continue to hamper his production across the board.
Entering the final year of his rookie deal, Williams is coming off one of the best seasons of his career. In 2019, he recorded four interceptions - bringing his three-year total to 10 - including his first career touchdown and first career forced fumble. Williams also recorded at least 55 combined tackles for the third straight season to highlight his consistency and nose for the ball. A likely starter for New Orleans, he'll have ample opportunity to add to his already-solid resume and prove his mettle in 2020 before he becomes eligible for a new contract next offseason.
Though he's still best known for his missed tackle in the 2017 playoffs that cost the Saints a spot in the NFC Championship Game, Williams has otherwise been a solid, if unspectacular performer during his two pro campaigns. In his second season, Williams' work in coverage dropped off along with most of his secondary mates, but he still notched 59 tackles and two interceptions as a 15-game starter, grading out as Pro Football Focus' 36th-ranked safety. Williams is poised to enter the upcoming season as a starter, but both he and Vonn Bell will be challenged for playing time by rookie fourth-round pick Chauncey Gardner-Johnson.
Williams' season-losing stumble in coverage against the Vikings could very well define his career, but it'd be tremendously unfair if so. Williams was quietly quite good as a rookie, and a major reason why the team's pass defense was so strong. Williams earned 960 snaps despite the presence of incumbent safeties Kenny Vaccaro and Vonn Bell, and that number might go up with Vaccaro gone. Williams posted at least six stops in his final six starts of last year, portending a fast start to 2018.
The Saints drafted Williams in the second round of this year's draft in order to give the team something it lacked in 2016: a centerfielder who can patrol the backend of the secondary. He joins a position group that already includes safeties Vonn Bell and Kenny Vaccaro, and likely won't be a significant difference-maker in the run game, but Williams could begin to make a name for himself if he can pick off a few throws.
More Fantasy News
Snags pick in win
SBaltimore Ravens
December 26, 2023
Williams picked up seven solo tackles (five solo) and one interception in the Ravens' 33-19 win over the 49ers on Monday.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Logs full practice Friday
SBaltimore Ravens
December 22, 2023
Williams (groin) was a full participant in Friday's practice.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Considered day-to-day
SBaltimore Ravens
Groin
December 17, 2023
Head coach John Harbaugh said after Sunday's win over Jacksonville that Williams (groin) is considered day-to-day, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Questionable to return
SBaltimore Ravens
Groin
December 17, 2023
Williams is questionable to return to Sunday's game against the Jaguars due to a groin injury.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Avoids injury report Wednesday
SBaltimore Ravens
November 8, 2023
Williams (hamstring) was not listed on Baltimore's injury report Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Latest Fantasy Rumors
Should return this season
SBaltimore Ravens
October 10, 2022
Williams will land on injured reserve after suffering a dislocated wrist Sunday night, but Ravens coach John Harbaugh expects the safety to return before the end of the season, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
ANALYSIS
It's yet another injury to the Baltimore secondary, and a major one as Williams had 31 tackles, five passes defended and three interceptions through the first four games of the season before going down in Week 5. Geno Stone will take over at free safety for now, but 2022 first-round pick Kyle Hamilton also should get a chance to step into a more significant role until Williams is back.
See All NFL Rumors