#4Demarcus Lacey

WR·Marshall·2025

Demarcus Lacey is a Versatile WR for Marshall. Demarcus's 2025 season ranks in the 100th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 113 plays — a elite rate for the WR.

What projects, and what doesn't · WRs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

Usage share (volume)0.47
Beats guessing the WR average by 16%. n=6,302 WR seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.09
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=5,767 WR seasons
Total EPA (value)0.45
Beats guessing the WR average by 12%. n=5,767 WR seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Demarcus Lacey's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Rushing

157 Rush yards0 Rush TD19 Carries8.3 Yards/carry

Receiving

65 Receptions769 Rec yards5 Rec TD11.8 Yards/rec

Returns

18 Punt returns218 PR yards0 PR TD

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs WR peers

Efficiency100
Volume41
Explosiveness32
Consistency67
Pass-Down100

Player type

Versatile WR

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite

Game-to-game consistency67th %ile · average

Key findings

▸Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
▸5 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.63 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 2.06 EPA/play in Wk 4 vs Middle Tennessee (SP+ -16).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Historical Comparables · WR · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

Player	Team	Yr	Plays	WEPA/play	Line val	Total EPA
Keytaon Thompson	Mississippi State	2017	70	0.460	1.2	32.2
Quadree Henderson	Pittsburgh	2016	63	0.530	1.6	33.4
DeAndre Hughes	Air Force	2021	60	0.470	1.3	28.2
Savion Williams	TCU	2024	56	0.450	1.1	25.2
Javion Posey	Florida Atlantic	2020	53	0.450	1.4	23.8

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
1	@Georgia	L7-45	24.1	3	11	3.7	0	7	-0.14
2	vsMissouri State	L20-21	-10.7	2	2	1.0	0	2	0.40
3	vsEastern Kentucky	W38-7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	@Middle Tennessee	W42-28	-16.0	5	116	23.2	1	68	2.06
5	@Louisiana	L51-54	-10.1	10	146	14.6	2	35	0.90
7	vsOld Dominion	W48-24	5.9	8	121	15.1	1	52	1.36
8	vsTexas State	W40-37	2.3	7	88	12.6	0	30	0.53
10	@Coastal Carolina	L27-44	-15.1	5	24	4.8	0	10	-0.23
11	vsJames Madison	L23-35	12.3	5	35	7.0	0	17	0.17
12	@Georgia State	W30-18	-24.5	4	39	9.8	1	14	0.25
13	@App State	L24-26	-11.4	12	134	11.2	0	38	0.62
14	vsGeorgia Southern	L19-24	-9.4	4	53	13.3	0	34	0.40

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

14.3%

Passing plays

27.6%

Rushing plays

4.7%

Standard downs

12.9%

Passing downs

17.7%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.40
Passing downs: 0.83
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.64 / 0.28

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).