Jamaal Williams
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Position: | Running back | ||||
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Born: | Rialto, California, U.S. | April 3, 1995||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Summit (Fontana, California) | ||||
College: | BYU (2012–2016) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2017 / Round: 4 / Pick: 134 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Jamaal Malik Williams
Early years
Williams attended Summit High School in Fontana, California where he played high school football for the Sky Hawks.[2] A 3-star recruit, he committed to Brigham Young University (BYU) to play college football over an offer from Boise State.[3][4] [5]
College career
Williams played at BYU from 2012 to 2016.[6] On August 30, 2012, Williams made his collegiate debut with 15 rushing yards in the win over Washington State.[7] On September 15, against Utah, he had his first collegiate rushing touchdown.[8] On September 28, against Hawaii, he had 155 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.[9] On October 13, against Oregon State, he added two more rushing touchdowns.[10] On October 27, against Georgia Tech, he had 107 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, and three receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown.[11] On November 10, against Idaho, he had 104 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.[12] Overall, he finished the 2012 season with 775 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 27 receptions, 315 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.[13]
On August 31, 2013, in the season opener against Virginia, Williams had 144 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards.[14] In the next game against Texas, he had 182 rushing yards in the victory.[15] On October 25, against Boise State, he had 107 rushing yards and 24 receiving yards.[16] On November 16, against the Idaho State Bengals, he had 131 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.[17] On November 30, against Nevada, he had 219 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.[18] Overall, in the 2013 season, he finished with 1,233 rushing yards, seven rushing touchdowns, 18 receptions, and 125 receiving yards.[19]
On September 6, 2014, against Texas, Williams had 89 rushing yards and twelve receiving yards in the victory.[20] Five days later, against Houston, he had 139 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.[21] On October 3, against Utah State, he had 102 rushing yards.[22] He later suffered a knee injury and was sidelined for the remainder of the 2014 season.[23] In his shortened season, he had 518 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, eight receptions, and 47 receiving yards.[24]
Williams did not play in 2015 after withdrawing from the school, and
Williams started his final collegiate season in 2016 with 163 rushing yards against
College statistics
BYU Cougars | ||||||||||||||
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Season | GP | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||
Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||||
2012 | 13 | 166 | 775 | 4.7 | 12 | 27 | 315 | 11.7 | 1 | |||||
2013 | 12 | 217 | 1,233 | 5.7 | 7 | 18 | 125 | 6.9 | 0 | |||||
2014 | 8 | 109 | 518 | 4.8 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 0 | |||||
2015 | 0 | Redshirt | ||||||||||||
2016 | 10 | 234 | 1,375 | 5.9 | 12 | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | |||||
Career | 43 | 726 | 3,901 | 5.4 | 35 | 60 | 567 | 9.5 | 1 |
Professional career
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Williams' NFL Combine workout | |
Williams gets drafted by Green Bay |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | Wonderlic
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6 ft 0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) |
212 lb (96 kg) |
31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.53 s | 1.61 s | 2.62 s | 4.26 s | 7.12 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) |
10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
18 reps | 20[35] |
All values are from |
Green Bay Packers
Williams was drafted by the
In the 2018 season, Williams recorded 464 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, and 27 receptions for 210 receiving yards.[45]
During a Week 4 loss to the
Williams was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on November 3, 2020,[53] and activated six days later.[54] Williams finished the 2020 season with 119 carries for 505 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns to go along with 31 receptions for 236 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.[55]
Detroit Lions
On March 19, 2021, Williams signed a two-year contract with the Lions.[56] In the Lions' 2021 regular season opener, he had 110 scrimmage yards in the 41–33 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.[57] On November 25, 2021, Williams carried the ball for the 585th time in his career, breaking the NFL record previously held by Phillip Lindsay for the most carries without ever fumbling.[58] Williams finished the 2021 season with 153 carries for 601 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns to go along with 26 receptions for 157 receiving yards.[59]
In the Lions' first four games to start the 2022 season, Williams recorded two rushing touchdowns in three of the games.[60][61][62] In Week 11, against the New York Giants, he had three rushing touchdowns in the 31–18 victory.[63] In Week 17, against the Chicago Bears, he had 22 carries for 144 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown in the 41–10 victory.[64] With two rushing touchdowns in the final game of the regular season against the Green Bay Packers in Week 18,[65] Williams set the Lions' single-season touchdown record with 17, surpassing the previous record of 16 set by Barry Sanders in 1991.[66] He finished the year with career-highs in yards (1,066), touchdowns (17) and carries (262) while playing in all 17 games for the Lions.[67]
New Orleans Saints
On March 17, 2023, Williams signed a three-year contract with the
NFL career statistics
Legend | |
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Led the league | |
Bold | Career-high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2017 | GB | 16 | 7 | 153 | 556 | 3.6 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 262 | 10.5 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | GB | 16 | 8 | 121 | 464 | 3.8 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 210 | 7.8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | GB | 14 | 2 | 107 | 460 | 4.3 | 45 | 1 | 39 | 253 | 6.5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | GB | 14 | 3 | 119 | 505 | 4.2 | 25 | 2 | 31 | 236 | 7.6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | DET | 13 | 11 | 153 | 601 | 3.9 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 157 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | DET | 17 | 9 | 262 | 1,066 | 4.1 | 58 | 17 | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
2023 | NO | 13 | 4 | 106 | 306 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 62 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 103 | 44 | 1,021 | 3,958 | 3.9 | 58 | 31 | 178 | 1,253 | 7.0 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
Postseason
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2019 | GB | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | GB | 2 | 1 | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 1 | 23 | 97 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and records
NFL awards
Lions franchise records
- Most rushing touchdowns in a single season: 17[75]
- Most rushing touchdowns in the first 10 games of the regular season: 12 (November 20, 2022)[76]
Personal life
Williams has a daughter. He is a self-described
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