Mike Williams at Clemson
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Receiver, Clemson, 2013–⁠16

Mike Williams

Number
No. 7
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Vance, SC
Born
Oct 4, 1994, in Vance, South Carolina

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Mike Williams played receiver at Clemson (2013–⁠16). He led the 2016 national champions in receiving. The Los Angeles Chargers took Williams in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,361
Receiving yards, 2016 (Clemson, 14–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 7
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Chargers)

Career highs

15catches, career highvs. Pittsburgh, 2016202receiving yards, career highvs. Pittsburgh, 20163receiving touchdowns, career highvs. South Carolina, 2016

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2015 and 2016; National champions, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Clemson2031615.8330
2014Clemson571,03018.1656
2015Clemson22010.0116
2016Clemson981,36113.91150
Career1772,72715.42156

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Clemson7WR
2014Clemson7WR
2015Clemson7WR
2016Clemson7WR6′3″

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
2013Clemson171.25––21.3–
2014Clemson900.8793rd (n=496)0.5278.510%
2015Clemson21.14––2.3–
2016Clemson1370.6060th (n=489)0.5281.711%

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

2016 Clemson 15 games, 98 catches, 1,361 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3atAuburnW 19–⁠139174034
Sep 10vs.TroyW 30–⁠24224018
Sep 17vs.South Carolina StateW 59–⁠0344023
Sep 22atGeorgia TechW 26–⁠7661128
Oct 1vs.LouisvilleW 42–⁠36570120
Oct 7atBoston CollegeW 56–⁠10259150
Oct 15vs.NC StateW 24–⁠1712146129
Oct 29atFlorida StateW 37–⁠34770017
Nov 5vs.SyracuseW 54–⁠06106131
Nov 12vs.PittsburghL 42–⁠4315202131
Nov 19atWake ForestW 35–⁠13658122
Nov 26vs.South CarolinaW 56–⁠76100334
Dec 3vs.Virginia TechW 42–⁠35557020
Dec 31 ✦vs.Ohio StateW 31–⁠0696037
Jan 9 ✦vs.AlabamaW 35–⁠31894126
2015 Clemson 1 game, 2 catches, 20 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.WoffordW 49–⁠10220116
2014 Clemson 12 games, 57 catches, 1,030 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30atGeorgiaL 21–⁠45388038
Sep 6vs.South Carolina StateW 73–⁠7483039
Sep 20atFlorida StateL 17–⁠23272039
Sep 27vs.North CarolinaW 50–⁠356122233
Oct 4vs.NC StateW 41–⁠06155256
Oct 11vs.LouisvilleW 23–⁠17123023
Oct 18atBoston CollegeW 17–⁠138128032
Oct 25vs.SyracuseW 16–⁠6572025
Nov 6atWake ForestW 34–⁠20329010
Nov 22vs.Georgia StateW 28–⁠0787118
Nov 29vs.South CarolinaW 35–⁠17359025
Dec 29 ✦vs.OklahomaW 40–⁠69112131
2013 Clemson 10 games, 20 catches, 316 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 7vs.South Carolina StateW 52–⁠13218014
Sep 19atNC StateW 26–⁠14125025
Sep 28vs.Wake ForestW 56–⁠7114114
Oct 5atSyracuseW 49–⁠14235025
Oct 12vs.Boston CollegeW 24–⁠14226019
Oct 19vs.Florida StateL 14–⁠51235018
Nov 2atVirginiaW 59–⁠10339019
Nov 14vs.Georgia TechW 55–⁠31345129
Nov 23vs.The CitadelW 52–⁠6370130
Nov 30atSouth CarolinaL 17–⁠311909

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′3⅝″
Weight218 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan79¾″W
40-yard dash4.54 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press15 reps

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

8 seasons, 100 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Los Angeles Chargers911950
2018Los Angeles Chargers164366410
2019Los Angeles Chargers15491,0012
2020Los Angeles Chargers14487565
2021Los Angeles Chargers16761,1469
2022Los Angeles Chargers13638954
2023Los Angeles Chargers3192491
2024Pittsburgh Steelers14212981
NFL career1003305,10432

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.

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