Demond Williams Jr.

#1 · QB · Washington5′11″ · 190 lb · Chandler, AZ · Basha

ZPR4961st of 119 QBsLast gameW 17–10at Nebraska · Oct 31
Nextvs Penn StateSat Nov 7 · 3:30 pm ET
via gohuskies.com ↗

Played again at Nebraska, the first game since Iowa, week 6.

W 17-10 at Nebraska, Oct 31: 7 of 13 for 99 yards, a touchdown · 4 carries for 28 yards.

Washington’s next game: vs Penn State, Sat Nov 7, 3:30 p.m. ET · FS1

Washington is 4-3 in the seven games played. A dual-threat quarterback.

Weakest: sacked on 9% of dropbacks, 18th highest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,495

123 of 187, 66%

TD–INT

9–3

8.0 per throw

NCAA rating

145.6

50th of 119

ZPR

49

61st of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 5 of 7 graded games.

  • 0-2 against ranked teams, 134 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Eastern Washington. Lowest: at USC, sacked 4 times. Biggest game: at USC, No. 18.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Purdue

W 38–26·Unranked

Did not play

Congratulatons Demond Williams on your promotion from QB1 to RB7 (starter)

Washington fan

Season

Gets better after halftime

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Dual-threat

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Why this word
Runs6.3 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.2 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes65% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks9% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 6.3 carries a game. Closest matches: Lewis ’25, Shapen ’25, Boley, Milivojevic ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line23%typical 17%
Short40%typical 47%
Middle23%typical 22%
Deep13%typical 14%

Runs 6.3 times a game; 72% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Lewis ’25Shapen ’25BoleyMilivojevic ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Lewis ’25 Memphis 2025 · Precision passer
    2,673 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both throw behind the line a lot and take sacks.
  • Shapen ’25 Mississippi State 2025 · Mobile passer
    2,436 yards, 15 TD, 8 INT. Both take sacks.
  • Boley Arizona State · Balanced
    1,360 yards, 13 TD, 5 INT so far. Both throw behind the line a lot and protect the ball.
  • Milivojevic ’25 Michigan State 2025 · Pocket passer
    1,267 yards, 10 TD, 3 INT. Both protect the ball and take sacks.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordWashington is 5-3.
  • Fans after Nebraska

    This Demond Williams quarter is a dead cat bounce, Nebraska prepped for Brown

    Washington fan

What’s being said

9 stories this week, from 8 outlets.

Oct 31: 3Nov 1: 2Nov 2: 2Nov 3: 2W 17-10 at NebraskaWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 3
Oct 31: 3Nov 1: 2Nov 2: 2Nov 3: 2W 17-10 at NebraskaWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 3
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Demond Williams Jr. likely to be Washington's starting quarterback vs. Penn State

FOX Sports Nov 3

All 45 stories this season

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 1:30 · Washington down 4, takes the leadDemond Williams Jr. finds Chris Lawson for a 25-yard touchdownWashington at Nebraska, week 9Q4, 1:30 · Washington 10, Nebraska 71:30Go-ahead touchdown for Washington with 1:30 left1:30Go-ahead touchdown for Washington with 1:30 leftGo-ahead touchdown for Washington with 1:30 leftD.Williams Jr. pass complete short left to C.Lawson caught at NEB22, for 25 yards to the NEB00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playCFB ON FOX

All 9 of his plays on video

The story

As of

In 2025 he threw for 3,065 yards with 25 touchdowns against just eight interceptions and added 611 yards and six scores on the ground, starting all 13 games in Jedd Fisch's quarterback-friendly offense. The dual-threat juice is obvious; the part that separates him is that the accuracy is real too — he completed 78 percent as a 2024 freshman.

Read the rest of the story

When LSU and the portal came knocking with serious money, he declared himself fully committed to Washington. The forward stakes are simple ascension: he's already one of the country's most dynamic players, and a full season as the entrenched, unquestioned starter is the kind of runway that turns a dynamo into a Heisman name. For Williams, 2026 is the leap from electric to elite. In Washington's 27-24 home loss to Minnesota, Williams completed 18 of 28 passes for 239 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, and ran 15 times for 15 yards and a score. In Washington's 41-24 home loss to Iowa, Williams completed 6 of 11 passes for 69 yards and ran 11 times for minus 8 yards.

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