Charles Williams

Senior running back for UNLV. 2021: 1,261 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · UNLV · Sr. · #8

5′9″ · 200 lb · Fresno, CA

CFB Index 67 · #43 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamUNLV 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 1147 nationally · Signed with UNLV

Statement game38 car · 266 yds · 3 TDvs Hawai'i (FBS) · W 27-13

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for UNLV. 2021: 1,261 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UNLV in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at UNLV, 4,174 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201612 games

Signed with UNLV3-star out of Bullard

202112 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1147 national

CFB

College

UNLV

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

2 coaches

2016–2019

Tony Sanchez

UNLV

2020–2021

Marcus Arroyo

UNLV

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tony Sanchez → Marcus Arroyo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016UNLV4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2017UNLV5-7HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2018UNLV4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2019UNLV4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-leaning

2020UNLV0-6HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning

2021UNLV2-10HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #43 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (96th percentile). Strength: rush tds (96th percentile). Concern: success rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#128 / 409 · 69th pct

5.9%

Explosive rate#258 / 409 · 37th pct

5.9%

Yards / carry#271 / 409 · 34th pct

4.8

EPA / carry#280 / 409 · 32nd pct

0.11

Success rate#337 / 409 · 18th pct

37.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#13 / 343 · 96th pct

254

Rush TDs#12 / 343 · 96th pct

Rush yards#21 / 343 · 94th pct

1261

Long run#32 / 343 · 89th pct

Rec yards#55 / 331 · 83rd pct

202

Receptions#131 / 331 · 60th pct

Yards / carry#155 / 343 · 53rd pct

5.0

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	139	5.0	1.5
Road6g	71.0	4.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	104	4.7	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	106	4.5	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

41.6%

87 pass / 122 run

Plays / game

69.7

3 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

108 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #43 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UNLV	254	1,261	5.0	15	--
2020	UNLV	115	468	4.1	4	--
2019	UNLV	212	1,257	5.9	11	--
2018	UNLV	65	332	5.1	0	--
2017	UNLV	12	93	7.8	1	--
2016	UNLV	141	763	5.4	3	--
Career		799	4,174	5.2	34	--

Season	Team
2021	UNLV	13	202	15.5	0	--
2020	UNLV	13	44	3.4	0	--
2019	UNLV	7	54	7.7	0	--
2018	UNLV	2	2	1.0	0	--
2017	UNLV	--	--	--	--	--
2016	UNLV	4	8	2.0	0	--
Career		39	310	7.9	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 27–13

vs Hawai'i

266 rush yds (38 car) · 3 TD

With C. Friel — 172 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 12.8 · 15 rush yds (5 car) · E. Silva — 36 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 41 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Charles Williams 75 Yd Run (Daniel Gutierrez Kick)
Week 11 · Hawai'i · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.66C.Williams rushed to HAW End Zone for 47 yards. C.Williams for 47 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 13 · Air Force · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.61Charles Williams run for 72 yds to the AFA 3 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Hawai'i · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.33C.Williams rushed to HAW 22 for 64 yards. Tackled by K.Kaneshiro at HAW 22.
Week 11 · Hawai'i · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.18C.Williams rushed to HAW 3 for 0 yards. Tackled by C.Lockridge at HAW 3.
Week 4 · Fresno State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.07Cameron Friel pass complete to Charles Williams for 50 yds to the FrsSt 36 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · San Diego State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Justin Rogers pass complete to Charles Williams for 36 yds to the SDSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nevada · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Cameron Friel pass complete to Charles Williams for 16 yds to the Nevad 45 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nevada · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Charles Williams run for 4 yds for a TD, (Daniel Gutierrez KICK)
Week 12 · San Diego State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Cameron Friel pass complete to Charles Williams for 20 yds to the SDSt 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 33-35vs Eastern Washington	28	177	6.3	2	27	177-yard day
Wk 2	L 10-37@ Arizona State	13	35	2.7	0	6
Wk 3	L 3-48vs Iowa State	19	42	2.2	0	8
Wk 4	L 30-38@ Fresno State	19	102	5.4	1	28
Wk 5	L 17-24@ UTSA	15	48	3.2	0	14
Wk 7	L 24-28vs Utah State	27	221	8.2	3	75	3 rushing TDs
Wk 8	L 20-27vs San José State	24	94	3.9	1	19
Wk 9	L 20-51@ Nevada	17	30	1.8	1	10
Wk 10	W 31-17@ New Mexico	22	74	3.4	2	14
Wk 11	W 27-13vs Hawai'i	38	266	7.0	3	64	Season-high 266 yds
Wk 12	L 20-28vs San Diego State	16	35	2.2	0	9
Wk 13	L 14-48@ Air Force	16	137	8.6	2	72
Total		254	1261	4.6	15	75