Kyren Williams, 2021
Photo: Chad Kainz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Notre Dame, 2019–⁠21

Kyren Williams

Number
No. 23
Height
6′0″
Weight
195 lb
Class (2021)
Junior
Hometown
Saint Louis, MO
Born
Aug 26, 2000, in St. Louis, Missouri

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Kyren Williams played running back at Notre Dame (2019–⁠21). The Los Angeles Rams took Williams in round 5, No. 164 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,125
Rushing yards, 2020 (Notre Dame, 10–⁠2)
Best game
185 yards
Vs. Florida State, week 6, 2020: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 8
In FBS in rushing yards, 2020
Drafted
No. 164
Round 5, 2022 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams)

Career highs

199rushing yards, career highvs. North Carolina, 20213rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Clemson, 20208catches, career highvs. Alabama, 202093receiving yards, career highvs. Duke, 2020

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
2019Notre Dame4266.5014
2020Notre Dame2111,1255.31365
2021Notre Dame2041,0024.91491
Career4192,1535.12791

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Notre Dame133.003
2020Notre Dame353138.9175
2021Notre Dame423598.5355
Career786758.7475

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2019Notre Dame3350–––
2021Notre Dame1290141510
Career4640141510

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Notre Dame23RBFr.
2020Notre Dame23RBSo.
2021Notre Dame23RBJr.6′0″195

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
2019Notre Dame60.32––1.9––
2020Notre Dame2520.1756th (n=212)0.1442.129%0.17
2021Notre Dame2510.2268th (n=277)0.1656.131%0.24

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

2021 Notre Dame 12 games, 1,002 rushing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5atFlorida StateW 41–⁠38184206831
Sep 11vs.ToledoW 32–⁠29167813250
Sep 18vs.PurdueW 27–⁠13129112471
Sep 25vs.WisconsinW 41–⁠1318330–––
Oct 2vs.CincinnatiL 13–⁠24134513190
Oct 9atVirginia TechW 32–⁠29198115261
Oct 23vs.USCW 31–⁠162513826420
Oct 30vs.North CarolinaW 44–⁠342219912150
Nov 6vs.NavyW 34–⁠6179527360
Nov 13atVirginiaW 28–⁠3147012150
Nov 20vs.Georgia TechW 55–⁠0115624310
Nov 27atStanfordW 45–⁠14197422200
2020 Notre Dame 12 games, 1,125 rushing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 12vs.DukeW 27–⁠131911222930
Sep 19vs.South FloridaW 52–⁠0106202100
Oct 10vs.Florida StateW 42–⁠261918522110
Oct 17vs.LouisvilleW 12–⁠7251270150
Oct 24atPittsburghW 45–⁠3173813370
Oct 31atGeorgia TechW 31–⁠13157622240
Nov 7vs.ClemsonW 47–⁠402314031−20
Nov 14atBoston CollegeW 45–⁠3193704370
Nov 27atNorth CarolinaW 31–⁠172312424201
Dec 5vs.SyracuseW 45–⁠212011003330
Dec 19vs.ClemsonL 10–⁠34155003140
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaL 14–⁠31166418310
2019 Notre Dame 2 games, 26 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 2atLouisvilleW 35–⁠17––––––
Sep 14vs.New MexicoW 66–⁠144260130

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022Combine or pro day 2022
Height5′9¼″
Weight194 lb
Arm length28⅝″
Hand size9″
Wingspan69⅞″W
40-yard dash4.65 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′8″
3-cone drill7.07 sW
20-yard shuttle4.33 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. 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, 57 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Rams.

Pro Bowl: 2023 · First-team All-Pro: 2023 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2023

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2023; Pro Football Writers first team 2023.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2022Los Angeles Rams8351390976
2023Los Angeles Rams122281,1441232206
2024Los Angeles Rams163161,2991434182
2025Los Angeles Rams172591,2521036281
2026 (so far)Los Angeles Rams454294321173
NFL career578924,12839132918

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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