Jameson Williams with the Detroit Lions, 2022
With the Detroit Lions, 2022. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Alabama (from Ohio State), 2019–⁠21

Jameson Williams

Number
No. 6
Height
6′2″
Weight
188 lb
Class (2021)
Sophomore
Hometown
Saint Louis, MO
Born
Mar 26, 2001

Jameson Williams played receiver at Ohio State (2019–⁠20) and Alabama (2021). The Detroit Lions took Williams in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,572
Receiving yards, 2021 (Alabama, 13–⁠2)
Best game
184 yards
Vs. Georgia, week 14, 2021: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 4
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2021
Drafted
No. 12
Overall, 2022 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Career highs

10catches, career hightwice; last vs. LSU, 2021190receiving yards, career highvs. Arkansas, 20213receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Arkansas, 2021

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2019 and 2020; SEC champions, 2021

All-America: AP 2021; Sporting News 2021; CBS Sports 2021; ESPN 2021; The Athletic 2021; USA Today 2021

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

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Ohio State611218.7161
2020Ohio State915417.1245
2021Alabama791,57219.91594
Career941,83819.61894

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2021Alabama103522

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2019Ohio State220000
2020Ohio State110000
2021Alabama320000
Career650000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Ohio State6WRYr 1
2020Ohio State6WRYr 2
2021Alabama6WRSo. (Yr 3)6′2″188

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2019Ohio State90.97––8.7–
2020Ohio State110.99––10.9–
2021Alabama1151.0290th (n=410)0.67117.610%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2021 Alabama 15 games, 79 catches, 1,572 yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.MiamiW 44–⁠134126194–
Sep 11vs.MercerW 48–⁠14331118–
Sep 18atFloridaW 31–⁠29461029–
Sep 25vs.Southern MissW 63–⁠14181181–
Oct 2vs.Ole MissW 42–⁠21565026–
Oct 9atTexas A&ML 38–⁠41101462324
Oct 16atMississippi StateW 49–⁠9277175–
Oct 23vs.TennesseeW 52–⁠246123065–
Nov 6vs.LSUW 20–⁠14101601581
Nov 13vs.New Mexico StateW 59–⁠36158350–
Nov 20vs.ArkansasW 42–⁠358190379–
Nov 27atAuburnW 24–⁠22243034–
Dec 4vs.GeorgiaW 41–⁠247184267–
Dec 31 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 27–⁠676202018
Jan 10 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 18–⁠33465040–
2020 Ohio State 6 games, 9 catches, 154 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 24vs.NebraskaW 52–⁠171707–
Oct 31atPenn StateW 38–⁠25223016–
Nov 7vs.RutgersW 49–⁠27138138–
Nov 21vs.IndianaW 42–⁠35110010–
Jan 1 ✦vs.ClemsonW 49–⁠28362145–
Jan 11 ✦vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠52114014–
2019 Ohio State 4 games, 6 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 76–⁠5274161–
Nov 9vs.MarylandW 73–⁠14438015–
Nov 30atMichiganW 56–⁠27–––––
Dec 7vs.WisconsinW 34–⁠21–––––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022
Height6′1½″
Weight179 lb
Arm length32⅛″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan75⅞″W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 55 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2022Detroit Lions61411
2023Detroit Lions12243542
2024Detroit Lions15581,0017
2025Detroit Lions17651,1177
2026 (so far)Detroit Lions5182762
NFL career551662,78919

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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