Woody Marks

Houston Texans·#4

Pos RBHt 5'10"Wt 208 lbExp 1 yrCollege USC

Updated September 21, 2026

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Model Score

75.1 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 1 games

Rush Yds

Rush TD

Rec

-2

Rec Yds

Total TD

5.0

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

0.163

EPA / rush

Rush yds over exp

0.00

Efficiency

0.00s

Time to line

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 116 · Houston Texans · 2025

USC (Big Ten)

Taken

#116

where he actually went

Our college model

#142

among RB in our college data

In college · 2024 · 12 games

1,203 rush yds, 8 TD, 6.0 yds/carry

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Comps

College career

his college career vs theirs

Andre Hall94%Darren McFadden86%Laurence Maroney81%

STM Take

The 2025 #43 (tier 8) rookie finish is fine for a 4th-round receiving specialist behind a tier-3 starter (Joe Mixon). Wk 19's 17.2 PPR and Wk 14's 15.6 show the ceiling when Mixon misses time, but the consistent sub-9 PPR floor (six of eight weeks under 9) is the realistic baseline for the role. He is a Mixon handcuff with passing-down standalone value.

Marks came out of USC (after transferring from Mississippi State) as Houston's 4th-round pick (116th overall) in 2025 after a five-year college career that produced 261 career receptions, the most by an FBS running back in the past decade. At 5'10" and 213 pounds, he is undersized for an every-down workload but plays a passing-down specialist role that fits perfectly behind Joe Mixon. His rookie 2025 saw him integrated as the third-down back, with occasional early-down work when Mixon needed rest.

Strengths

261 career college receptions, the most by an FBS RB in the past decade, makes him a genuinely separated passing-down specialist. The Houston offense leans heavily on RB receiving work.
Wk 19 (17.2 PPR) and Wk 14 (15.6) showed the ceiling when given a Mixon-absent workload. Age 23 leaves multiple years of development room.

Concerns

5'10"/213 frame is undersized for any extended early-down workload, which caps his standalone fantasy ceiling unless Mixon is fully out.
Six of his last eight 2025 games scored under 9 PPR, including three sub-7 (6.8, 8.5, 4.8). That is depth-of-roster production until Mixon's status changes.

What to watch: Whether Houston commits to him as the clear passing-down back for 2026 or splits third-down work, which would compress his ceiling further.