Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 41-43vs The Citadel | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-41@ Ole Miss | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 0 | 43 | Season-high 74 yds |
| Total | 20 | 116 | 6.0 | 0 | 43 |
#7
Chance Williams
Senior running back for Charlotte. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′8″ · 180 lb · Baton Rouge, LA · Scotlandville Magnet
Transferred Cincinnati → Charlotte for 2026
The numbers
116
rushing yards · 2026
5.8 per carry · 5 catches
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 74 rush yds, 6 rec yds, at Ole Miss
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Charlotte. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Grambling in 2022.
- Transferred from Cincinnati to Charlotte in 2026.
Chance Williams
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Scott Satterfield and Tim Albin. The receipt: 74 rush yds, 6 rec yds against Ole Miss — Week 2, 2026.
116 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 20 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Grambling3-star out of Scotlandville Magnet
20244 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
Biff Poggi
Charlotte
Coaching transition mid-career: Biff Poggi → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Charlotte
2025Cincinnati
2026Charlotte
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Charlotte0-2HC: Tim Albin · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (87th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 58.0 YDS/g, 6.0 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Charlotte | 20 | 116 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 14 | 35 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 49 | 218 | 4.4 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Charlotte | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Ole Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.21(14:57) Shotgun #7 C.Williams rush right for 43 yards gain to the OM32 (#11 K.Thomas), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.55(14:04) Shotgun #9 C.Gonzales pass complete short left to #7 C.Williams caught at CLT36, for 2 yards loss to the CLT40 (#12 J.Mosley)
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.25(15:00) Shotgun #7 C.Williams rush right for 9 yards gain to the CLT34 (#18 Z.Stroup; #32 T.Elam)
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA -1.10(00:00) Shotgun #7 C.Williams rush right for 5 yards loss to the CIT30 (#5 M.Bonneau Jr.)
- Week 2 · Ole Miss · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.06(05:17) Shotgun #9 C.Gonzales pass complete short left to #7 C.Williams caught at CLT39, for 6 yards to the OM49 (#24 A.Jaffe), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.06(01:35) Shotgun #9 C.Gonzales pass complete short right to #7 C.Williams caught at CLT14, for 16 yards to the CLT32 (#46 A.Jackson), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA -0.93(06:56) Shotgun #7 C.Williams rush middle for 1 yard gain to the CLT34 (#26 J.Saddler; #42 D.Darby)
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.89(01:25) Shotgun #9 C.Gonzales pass complete short left to #7 C.Williams caught at CLT33, for 1 yard to the CLT39 (#8 S.Rogers)
- Week 1 · The Citadel · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -0.86(10:50) Shotgun #7 C.Williams rush middle for 1 yard loss to the CLT29 (#99 T.Duncan; #2 Z.Brown)
- Week 2 · Ole Miss · 1&7 · Q3 · EPA -0.72(03:13) Shotgun #7 C.Williams rush left for 5 yards loss to the OM12 (#29 N.Cull)
Game log
Background
Awards and Honors Second Team All-SWAC (2023) At Charlotte Fifth Year, 2026: Joined the Niners before spring practices Before Charlotte Spent two seasons at Cincinnati following two years at Grambling State Ran for 102 yards on 29 carries in nine career games for the Bearcats Totaled 1,101 yards...
The backfield · Charlotte
- #24Jariel Cobb190 rushing yards · 2025
- #5Khamani Alexander50 rushing yards · 2025
- #7Chance Williams35 rushing yards · 2025
- #21Henry Rutledge11 rushing yards · 2025
- #6D'Mariun Perteet1 game · 2026
2 more on the roster · Charlotte team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology