CJ Williams

Former wide receiver at Stanford. 2025: 60 catches, 757 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Stanford · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 205 lb · Mission Viejo, CA

CFB Index 71 · #68 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceDrafted by Jacksonville — Rd 6, Pick 22, #203 overall

The numbers

757

receiving yards · 2025

60 catches · 6 TD · 12.6 per catch

Best game: 7 rec, 122 yds, 2 TD, vs Pittsburgh

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Stanford. 2025: 60 catches, 757 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2022.
Drafted round 6 by the Jacksonville in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 59th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Stanford, 1,187 receiving yards — drafted at #203 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds vs San José State.San José State · W 30-292025

20223 games

Signed with USC4-star out of Mater Dei

2026

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 6, pick 203

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#73 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #203

Jacksonville · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches

2022

David Shaw

Stanford

2023–2024

Troy Taylor

Stanford

era →

2025

Frank Reich

Stanford

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, and Frank Reich. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season

#203Rd 6 · Pick 22

Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2024Wisconsin5-7HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

71Quality starter #68 of 485?

High confidenceBreakout10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (89th percentile). Strength: rec tds (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#324 / 798 · 59th pct

0.48

Yards / catch#386 / 798 · 52nd pct

11.5

Explosive rate#391 / 798 · 50th pct

10.0%

TD rate#428 / 798 · 46th pct

2.2%

Catch rate#579 / 798 · 27th pct

61.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#61 / 558 · 89th pct

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Rec yards#83 / 558 · 85th pct

757

Yards / catch#297 / 558 · 46th pct

12.6

Long catch#425 / 558 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

30%27 of his 90 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	68.7	12.4	0.7
Road6g	5.0	57.5	11.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	68.7	9.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	57.5	13.8	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #68 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #68 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Stanford	60	757	12.6	6	--
2024	Wisconsin	16	248	15.5	2	--
2023	Wisconsin	15	148	9.9	0	--
2022	USC	4	34	8.5	0	--
Career		95	1,187	12.5	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Florida State

4 rec · 61 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Flintoft — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 48 AVG · C. Tabb — 118 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.46B. Gulbranson pass to CJ Williams for 35 yds, for a TD (E. Kenney KICK)
Week 13 · California · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.13(10:06) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete deep right to #3 C.Williams caught at CAL04, for 34 yards to the CAL00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:01, 1ST DOWN #13 E.Kenney kick attempt good (H: #37 A.Flintoft, LS: #93 P.Warford)
Week 8 · Florida State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.61Elijah Brown pass complete to CJ Williams for 28 yds to the FSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Virginia · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.39Ben Gulbranson pass complete to C.J. Williams for 29 yds to the UVA 42 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.10(06:16) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete short middle to #3 C.Williams caught at UND48, for 14 yards to the UND36 (#3 J.Sneed), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Florida State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Ben Gulbranson pass complete to CJ Williams for 7 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Week 11 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.68CJ Williams 24 Yd pass from Elijah Brown (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.60CJ Williams 19 Yd pass from Elijah Brown (AJ Seidler Kick)
Week 7 · SMU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Ben Gulbranson pass complete to CJ Williams for 14 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Ben Gulbranson pass complete to C.J. Williams for 16 yds to the STAN 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-23@ Hawai'i	3	30	10.0	0	16
Wk 2	L 3-27@ BYU	4	31	7.8	0	13
Wk 3	W 30-20vs Boston College	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 4	L 20-48@ Virginia	9	103	11.4	0	29
Wk 5	W 30-29vs San José State	12	138	11.5	0	24	Season-high 138 yds
Wk 7	L 10-34@ SMU	7	109	15.6	1	36
Wk 8	W 20-13vs Florida State	4	61	15.3	1	28
Wk 9	L 7-42@ Miami	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 10	L 20-35vs Pittsburgh	7	122	17.4	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 15-20@ North Carolina	6	61	10.2	1	24
Wk 13	W 31-10vs California	5	76	15.2	1	34
Wk 14	L 20-49vs Notre Dame	1	14	14.0	0	14
Total		60	757	11.7	6	36

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

CJ Williams

20223 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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