2008 Football Roster
Roster
LaMarcus Williams
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 269
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bastrop, LA
- High School/Previous School:
- Bastrop HS
- Career & Game-By-Game Statistics
CAREER:
Pressed into immediate service upon his arrival on the Mississippi State campus from the Louisiana prep ranks . . . Limited by injury during his first season at State . . . Has played in 23 games (out of possible 25) during his MSU career . . . Has earned one starting assignment . . . Has made 10 tackles, including two and one-half for loss (minus 4 yards), one and one-half of which was a quarterback sack (minus 3 yards) . . . Highly recruited defensive lineman who helped his Bastrop High School team to a pair of state titles.
2008:
Played in all 12 games during his sophomore season as a reserve on the defensive line . . . Recorded eight tackles on the year, including two and one-half for loss (minus 4 yards), one and one-half of which was a quarterback sack (minus 3 yards) . . . Registered at least one hit in eight of those 12 games . . . Had one hit in Mississippi State’s season opener at Louisiana Tech . . . Registered a 2-yard quarterback sack, the first of his career, in the Bulldogs’ home-opening win over Southeastern Louisiana . . . Had one hit in State’s SEC opener vs. Auburn . . . Added another hit one week later at Georgia Tech, a 1-yard tackle for loss . . . For the fifth-straight week, made one tackle at LSU in Week 5 . . . Had a hit for the sixth-straight game, a one-half tackle for loss (minus 1 yard) at Tennessee in Week 7 . . . Added another tackle in Week 9 against Kentucky . . . Again had one hit at Alabama a week later.
2007:
Played in 11 of a possible 13 games during his true freshman season at Mississippi State (includes the bowl game) . . . Only missed seeing game action in back-to-back games at mid-season vs. UAB and Tennessee due to injury . . . Earned his first collegiate start, the only one of his initial season on campus, in Mississippi State’s Week 4 win over Gardner-Webb . . . Registered one tackle each in Week 2 vs. Tulane and at Arkansas in the next-to-last game of the regular season . . . Lost valuable development time during the middle of his freshman season with plantar fasciitis, an injury that held him out of two games and limited him in others.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Listed as the No. 48 defensive tackle prospect in the country by recruiting web site Rivals.com . . . That site also ranked him as the No. 27 prospect, regardless of position, in the state of Louisiana . . . Rated as the No. 53 defensive tackle prospect in the country by recruiting web site Scout.com . . . Ranked among the top 75 defensive linemen in the Southeast by PrepStar recruiting magazine in its season-ending yearbook . . . Credited with running a 4.9 40-yard dash by that publication . . . Rated with the top 50 defensive linemen in the southeast by Rivals.com recruiting yearbook following his senior season . . . Considered the No. 26 prospect, regardless of position, in the state of Louisiana by SuperPrep Magazine in its pre-season edition . . . Moved up four spots from that publication’s pre-season ranking following his senior season . . . Earned all-state recognition after his junior and senior campaigns, leading Bastrop to a pair of state championships . . . Registered 62 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five of which were quarterback sacks during his senior season for head coach Brad Bradshaw at Bastrop (La.) High School . . . That defense shut out five opponents, held the opposition to less than a touchdown per game, and helped Bastrop go 15-0 during his senior season for the Rams . . . Made 76 total tackles, with 10 tackles for loss, six of which were quarterback sacks, during that junior campaign . . . Also forced three fumbles . . . Other top scholarship offers: Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas, and Colorado.
PERSONAL:
Born LaMarcus Jerome Williams, 2-3-89, in Bastrop, La. . . . Son of Mr. Michael Frazier and Ms. Debra Williams Frazier.
