#26

Aeris Williams

Senior running back for Mississippi State. 2018: 523 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Mississippi State · Sr. · #26

6′1″ · 215 lb · West Point, MS

Mississippi State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 255 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Mississippi State. 2018: 523 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Mississippi State, 2,556 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 146 yds vs LSU.LSU · W 37-72017

2014

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of West Point

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#255 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Dan Mullen

Mississippi State

2018

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2017Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (85th percentile). Concern: long run (19th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#50 / 339 · 85th pct

6.2

Rec yards#126 / 326 · 62nd pct

100

Rush yards#164 / 339 · 52nd pct

523

Receptions#168 / 326 · 46th pct

Carries#196 / 339 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#213 / 339 · 32nd pct

Long run#273 / 339 · 19th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	51.4	9.3	0.3
Road5g	32.6	4.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	37.2	6.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	50.0	7.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Mississippi State	85	523	6.2	3	--
2017	Mississippi State	236	1,107	4.7	6	--
2016	Mississippi State	137	720	5.3	4	--
2015	Mississippi State	40	206	5.2	3	--
Career		498	2,556	5.1	16	--

Season	Team
2018	Mississippi State	9	100	11.1	1	--
2017	Mississippi State	16	142	8.9	0	--
2016	Mississippi State	7	45	6.4	0	--
2015	Mississippi State	6	18	3.0	0	--
Career		38	305	8.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 23–9

vs Auburn

32 rush yds (5 car)

With N. Fitzgerald — 69 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 195 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD · T. Day — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 3	W 56-10vs Louisiana	11	101	9.2	1	28
Wk 4	L 7-28@ Kentucky	8	22	2.8	0	8
Wk 5	L 6-13vs Florida	3	31	10.3	0	17
Wk 6	W 23-9vs Auburn	5	32	6.4	0	12
Wk 8	L 3-19@ LSU	6	28	4.7	0	9
Wk 9	W 28-13vs Texas A&M	9	35	3.9	0	17
Wk 10	W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech	2	42	21.0	1	29
Wk 11	L 0-24@ Alabama	7	27	3.9	0	7
Wk 12	W 52-6vs Arkansas	15	104	6.9	0	20	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 13	W 35-3@ Ole Miss	11	64	5.8	1	16
Bowl	L 22-27@ Iowa	6	22	3.7	0	8
Total		85	523	7.2	3	29

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Aeris Williams

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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