Karlos Williams, 2014
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Running back, Florida State, 2011–⁠14

Karlos Williams

Number
No. 9
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Davenport, FL
Born
May 4, 1993, in Davenport, Florida

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Karlos Williams played running back at Florida State (2011–⁠14). The Buffalo Bills took Williams in round 5, No. 155 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
730
Rushing yards, 2013 (Florida State, 14–⁠0)
Drafted
No. 155
Round 5, 2015 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Career highs

126rushing yards, career highat NC State, 20143rushing touchdowns, career highat NC State, 2014

Team titles: ACC champions, 2012, 2013 and 2014; National champions, 2013

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
14–⁠0★ AP 113–⁠1AP 5
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Florida State917308.01165
2014Florida State1506894.61128
Career2411,4195.92265

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Florida State81860
2012Florida State133400
2013Florida State5880
2014Florida State3410
Career296550

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Florida State8637.9015
2014Florida State292659.1127
Career373288.9127

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2012Florida State1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBU
20119448000
20121325631112
2013N14527000
On file341246112

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Florida State9RB
2012Florida State9RB
2013Florida State9RB
2014Florida State9RB6′1″

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
2013Florida State890.2897th (n=226)0.0724.911%0.10
2014Florida State1830.1766th (n=253)0.1231.421%0.26

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

2014 Florida State 12 games, 689 rushing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 30vs.Oklahoma StateW 37–⁠3123660114
Sep 6vs.The CitadelW 37–⁠129661––
Sep 20vs.ClemsonW 23–⁠1710451––
Sep 27atNC StateW 56–⁠41211263––
Oct 4vs.Wake ForestW 43–⁠311500––
Oct 18vs.Notre DameW 31–⁠278252––
Oct 30atLouisvilleW 42–⁠3116720––
Nov 8vs.VirginiaW 34–⁠2021702––
Nov 15atMiamiW 30–⁠264100––
Nov 22vs.Boston CollegeW 20–⁠179411––
Nov 29vs.FloridaW 24–⁠196380227
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonL 20–⁠5912801––
2013 Florida State 13 games, 730 rushing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 14vs.NevadaW 62–⁠781101––
Sep 21vs.Bethune-CookmanW 54–⁠69832––
Sep 28atBoston CollegeW 48–⁠346221––
Oct 5vs.MarylandW 63–⁠05292––
Oct 19atClemsonW 51–⁠143190130
Oct 26vs.NC StateW 49–⁠1713861––
Nov 2vs.MiamiW 41–⁠145460113
Nov 9atWake ForestW 59–⁠31249114
Nov 16vs.SyracuseW 59–⁠3478013
Nov 23vs.IdahoW 80–⁠14101142138
Nov 30atFloridaW 37–⁠74140––
Dec 7vs.DukeW 45–⁠77551––
Jan 6 ✦vs.AuburnW 34–⁠315250––
2012 Florida State 8 games, 13 returns, 340 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 1vs.Murray StateW 69–⁠3–––252
Sep 29atSouth FloridaW 30–⁠17–––396
Oct 6atNC StateL 16–⁠17–––128
Oct 20atMiamiW 33–⁠20–––126
Nov 8atVirginia TechW 28–⁠22–––119
Nov 17atMarylandW 41–⁠14–––250
Nov 24vs.FloridaL 26–⁠37–––369
Dec 1vs.Georgia TechW 21–⁠15–––––
2011 Florida State 6 games, 8 returns, 186 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 24atClemsonL 30–⁠35–––129
Oct 8atWake ForestL 30–⁠35–––238
Oct 15atDukeW 41–⁠16–––126
Oct 22vs.MarylandW 41–⁠16–––262
Nov 12vs.MiamiW 23–⁠19–––118
Nov 19vs.VirginiaL 13–⁠14–––113

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′0¾″
Weight230 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.48 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill7.16 s
20-yard shuttle4.46 s

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

In the NFL

1 season, 11 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2015Buffalo Bills119351771196

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
2020CFLToronto Argonauts

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

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