Receiver, Pittsburgh (from Western Carolina, San Diego State), 2021–⁠25

Raphael Williams

Number
No. 5
Height
5′10″
Weight
165 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Raphael Williams played receiver at Western Carolina (2021–⁠22), San Diego State (2023) and Pittsburgh (2024–⁠25).

Career highs

10catches, career highat Charleston Southern, 2022121receiving yards, career highvs. Central Michigan, 20252receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Central Michigan, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021*Western Carolina155.005
2022Western Carolina4765814.0673
2024Pittsburgh3641911.6635
2025Pittsburgh5274114.3767
Career1361,82313.41973

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Western Carolina5WRYr 1
2022Western Carolina5WRYr 2
2023San Diego State5WRYr 3
2024Pittsburgh5WRYr 4
2025Pittsburgh5WRSr. (Yr 5)5′10″165

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
2021Western Carolina (FCS)4-0.36––-1.4–
2022Western Carolina (FCS)590.6743rd (n=683)0.7139.49%
2024Pittsburgh440.8539th (n=581)0.9237.65%
2025Pittsburgh810.4956th (n=1040)0.4639.89%

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

2025 Pittsburgh 13 games, 52 catches, 741 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.DuquesneW 61–⁠91450454
Sep 6vs.Central MichiganW 45–⁠176121248–
Sep 13atWest VirginiaL 24–⁠316119167–
Sep 27vs.LouisvilleL 27–⁠34457138–
Oct 4vs.Boston CollegeW 48–⁠7218015–
Oct 11atFlorida StateW 34–⁠31678021–
Oct 18atSyracuseW 30–⁠13328015–
Oct 25vs.NC StateW 53–⁠34562122–
Nov 1atStanfordW 35–⁠20437118–
Nov 15vs.Notre DameL 15–⁠3731408–
Nov 22atGeorgia TechW 42–⁠28239020–
Nov 29vs.MiamiL 7–⁠38566038–
Dec 27 ✦vs.East CarolinaL 17–⁠23557122–
2024 Pittsburgh 12 games, 36 catches, 419 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Kent StateW 55–⁠24431214–
Sep 7atCincinnatiW 28–⁠27226014–
Sep 14vs.West VirginiaW 38–⁠34336019–
Sep 21vs.Youngstown StateW 73–⁠17471135–
Oct 5atNorth CarolinaW 34–⁠24234130–
Oct 12vs.CaliforniaW 17–⁠1521208–
Oct 24vs.SyracuseW 41–⁠13231129–
Nov 2atSMUL 25–⁠48219014–
Nov 9vs.VirginiaL 19–⁠24228023–
Nov 16vs.ClemsonL 20–⁠24768024–
Nov 30atBoston CollegeL 23–⁠34327015−3
Dec 26 ✦vs.ToledoL 46–⁠48336116–
2022 Western Carolina 11 games, 47 catches, 658 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atCharleston SouthernW 52–⁠3810112133–
Sep 10atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠35222012–
Sep 17vs.PresbyterianW 77–⁠21473044–
Sep 24atSamfordL 12–⁠35333017–
Oct 1vs.VMIW 38–⁠176103169–
Oct 8atMercerL 6–⁠49322017–
Oct 15atFurmanL 40–⁠478102119–
Oct 22vs.The CitadelL 21–⁠3421719–
Nov 5vs.WoffordW 36–⁠29489173–
Nov 12atEast Tennessee StateW 20–⁠17357129–
Nov 19vs.ChattanoogaW 32–⁠29228022–
2021 Western Carolina 1 game, 1 catch, 5 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 11atOklahomaL 0–⁠761505–

No box score in the source for Sep 4 vs. Eastern Kentucky, so that game is not listed.

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

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