Freshman running back for Liberty. 2025: 243 rushing yards.
5′10″ · 210 lb · Calhoun, GA
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
4.3 per carry
Best game: 85 rush yds, at Old Dominion
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 running back for Liberty. 2025: 243 rushing yards.
How he plays
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
Explosive rate: 42nd percentile.
The full scouting readCaden Williams
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent two seasons in the Liberty backfield. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Conference USA Freshman Player of the Week. The receipt: 85 rush yds against Old Dominion — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
FRESHMAN HONORS
Freshman recognition (2025)
1 mention(s)
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jamey Chadwell, all run-heavy offenses — 12-12 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (6th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 19.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 46.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 39.8 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 28–7
vs Maine
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-7vs Maine | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-34@ Jacksonville State | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-23@ Bowling Green | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-31vs James Madison | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-21@ Old Dominion | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 85 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 19-8@ UTEP | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-30vs Delaware | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 56 | 243 | 4.2 | 0 | 25 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (4.3%).
2026 Outlook
Liberty
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Liberty
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #79 · 2026 recruiting class #109
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darrion Dupree’s 2024 season.
Matches Darrion on
Differs from Darrion on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Larry Rountree III’s path through Missouri.
Andrew Body
Matches Larry on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jason Patterson's sophomore season at Kentucky (2025).
Matches Jason on
Differs from Jason on
Player DNA