Andre Williams, 2012
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Running back, Boston College, 2010–⁠13

Andre Williams

Number
No. 44
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Schnecksville, PA
Born
Aug 28, 1992, in Poughkeepsie, New York

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Andre Williams played running back at Boston College (2010–⁠13). He won the 2013 Doak Walker Award. He finished fourth in the 2013 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2013. The New York Giants took Williams in round 4, No. 113 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,177
Rushing yards, 2013 (Boston College, 7–⁠6)
Best game
263 yards
Vs. Army, week 6, 2013: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in rushing yards, 2013
Drafted
No. 113
Round 4, 2014 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Career highs

339rushing yards, career highvs. NC State, 20135rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Army, 2013

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Boston College954614.9259
2011Boston College1245174.2469
2012Boston College1305844.5499
2013Boston College3552,1776.11880
Career7043,7395.32899

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2010Boston College91190

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Boston College4153.8011
2011Boston College2115.507
2012Boston College4348.5016
Career10606.0016

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Boston College44RB
2011Boston College44RB
2012Boston College44RB
2013Boston College44RB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Boston College320-0.0125th (n=226)0.07-4.543%0.02

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Boston College 13 games, 2,177 rushing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.VillanovaW 24–⁠1423114126––
Sep 6vs.Wake ForestW 24–⁠1035204131––
Sep 14atUSCL 7–⁠351738013––
Sep 28vs.Florida StateL 34–⁠4828149030––
Oct 5vs.ArmyW 48–⁠2730263537––
Oct 12atClemsonL 14–⁠242470017––
Oct 26atNorth CarolinaL 10–⁠3426172156––
Nov 2vs.Virginia TechW 34–⁠2733166262––
Nov 9atNew Mexico StateW 48–⁠3430295280––
Nov 16vs.NC StateW 38–⁠2142339266––
Nov 23atMarylandW 29–⁠2632263272––
Nov 30atSyracuseL 31–⁠34929126––
Dec 31 ✦vs.ArizonaL 19–⁠42267517––
2012 Boston College 9 games, 584 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.MiamiL 32–⁠41184911127
Sep 8vs.MaineW 34–⁠31461012––
Sep 15atNorthwesternL 13–⁠224709––
Sep 29vs.ClemsonL 31–⁠452261130––
Oct 6atArmyL 31–⁠3421191299––
Oct 13atFlorida StateL 7–⁠5120104025––
Oct 20atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠371151016227
Oct 27vs.MarylandW 20–⁠171660015––
Nov 3atWake ForestL 14–⁠284005––
2011 Boston College 10 games, 517 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.NorthwesternL 17–⁠2422114269211
Sep 10atUCFL 3–⁠301259016––
Sep 17vs.DukeL 19–⁠201356117––
Sep 24vs.MassachusettsW 45–⁠172095019––
Oct 1vs.Wake ForestL 19–⁠272102––
Oct 22atVirginia TechL 14–⁠3058015––
Oct 29atMarylandW 28–⁠171672122––
Nov 12vs.NC StateW 14–⁠10186108––
Nov 19atNotre DameL 14–⁠163−100––
Nov 25atMiamiW 24–⁠171352014––
2010 Boston College 11 games, 461 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.Weber StateW 38–⁠20424016––
Oct 2vs.Notre DameL 13–⁠31––––111
Oct 9atNC StateL 17–⁠446250131−1
Oct 16atFlorida StateL 19–⁠242706––
Oct 23vs.MarylandL 21–⁠241101––
Oct 30vs.ClemsonW 16–⁠10524014––
Nov 6atWake ForestW 23–⁠13––––––
Nov 13atDukeW 21–⁠1641708––
Nov 20vs.VirginiaW 17–⁠1312108059––
Nov 27atSyracuseW 16–⁠742185126––
Jan 9 ✦vs.NevadaL 13–⁠20197013025

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′11⅜″
Weight230 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.60 s
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′9″
3-cone drill7.27 s
20-yard shuttle4.06 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 35 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2014New York Giants16217721718130
2015New York Giants1688257117
2016San Diego Chargers11887000
2017Los Angeles Chargers2925000
NFL career353321,090819137

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLHouston Roughnecks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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