Craig Williams

Junior running back for Baylor. 2022: 557 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Baylor · Jr.

5′9″ · 168 lb · Crosby, TX

CFB Index 51 · #118 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceBaylor 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

APB recruit

No. 348 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Baylor. 2022: 557 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Baylor in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Baylor, 804 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2018

Signed with Baylor4-star out of Crosby

2023

Entered the portal

2024

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#348 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2022

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #118 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#142 / 398 · 64th pct

8.1%

Success rate#146 / 398 · 63rd pct

47.7%

EPA / carry#172 / 398 · 57th pct

0.18

Yards / carry#174 / 398 · 56th pct

5.4

TD rate#253 / 398 · 36th pct

3.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#93 / 346 · 71st pct

5.5

Long run#135 / 346 · 60th pct

Rush yards#141 / 346 · 59th pct

557

Carries#165 / 346 · 52nd pct

101

Receptions#169 / 338 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Rec yards#179 / 338 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#179 / 346 · 44th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	41.8	5.4	0.4
Road6g	58.0	4.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	33.4	5.2	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	80.8	4.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #118 of 317 RBs

Former four-star. Now #118 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Baylor	101	557	5.5	4	--
2021	Baylor	4	15	3.8	0	--
2020	Baylor	26	197	7.6	2	--
2018	Baylor	2	35	17.5	1	--
Career		133	804	6.0	7	--

Season	Team
2022	Baylor	10	76	7.6	1	--
2021	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
Career		10	76	7.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 38–35

at Oklahoma

192 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With I. Power — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 4 NO · J. Nabors — 33 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.95Craig Williams 39 Yd pass from Blake Shapen (John Mayers Kick)
Week 3 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Craig Williams 30 Yd Run (John Mayers Kick)
Week 1 · UAlbany · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Craig Williams 4 Yd Run (Isaiah Hankins Kick)
Week 12 · TCU · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Craig Williams run for 13 yds to the TCU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · TCU · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -2.44Craig Williams run for a loss of 3 yards to the TCU 39
Week 1 · Air Force · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.37Craig Williams run for 4 yds to the Bayl 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.95Craig Williams run for 8 yds to the Bayl 45 Craig Williams fumbled, recovered by TexSt Peyton Tuggle
Week 3 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.95Craig Williams run for 8 yds to the Bayl 45 Craig Williams fumbled, recovered by TexSt Peyton Tuggle
Week 2 · BYU · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Craig Williams run for 7 yds to the Bayl 29 for a 1ST down BYU Penalty, Defensive Holding (Lorenzo Fauatea) to the Bayl 39 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · TCU · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA -1.86Blake Shapen pass complete to Craig Williams for a loss of 4 yards to the Bayl 29

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 69-10vs UAlbany	3	13	4.3	1	5
Wk 2	L 20-26@ BYU	17	68	4.0	0	13
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Texas State	8	56	7.0	1	30
Wk 4	W 31-24@ Iowa State	10	36	3.6	0	10
Wk 5	L 25-36vs Oklahoma State	2	11	5.5	0	8
Wk 7	L 40-43@ West Virginia	3	25	8.3	0	18
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Oklahoma	25	192	7.7	2	51	Season-high 192 yds
Wk 11	L 3-31vs Kansas State	4	17	4.3	0	8
Wk 12	L 28-29vs TCU	19	112	5.9	0	20
Wk 13	L 27-38@ Texas	3	2	0.7	0	4
Bowl	L 15-30@ Air Force	7	25	3.6	0	10
Total		101	557	5.0	4	51

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

Craig Williams

2018

2023

2024

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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