E.J. Williams Jr.

Senior wide receiver for Indiana. 2025: 36 catches, 438 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Indiana · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 203 lb · Phenix City, AL

CFB Index 49 · #240 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Indiana for 2026

How he plays

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line.

TD rate: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

438

receiving yards · 2025

36 catches · 6 TD · 12.2 per catch

Best game: 5 rec, 109 yds, 2 TD, vs UCLA

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Indiana. 2025: 36 catches, 438 receiving yards, 6 TD.

His career, year by year

E.J. Williams Jr.

WR · Indiana · Sr · #7

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. E.J. Williams Jr. has played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt: 109 rec yds, 5 receptions against UCLA — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #240 of 485?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Strength: epa / target (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#89 / 798 · 89th pct

6.4%

EPA / target#149 / 798 · 81st pct

0.63

Catch rate#216 / 798 · 73rd pct

74.5%

Yards / catch#335 / 798 · 58th pct

12.1

Explosive rate#481 / 798 · 40th pct

8.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Long catch#138 / 558 · 74th pct

Receptions#218 / 558 · 60th pct

Rec yards#264 / 558 · 53rd pct

438

Yards / catch#330 / 558 · 41st pct

12.2

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

15%7 of his 47 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	3.3	39.8	11.5	0.7
Road4g	1.5	20.0	16.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	25.0	13.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	43.8	11.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #240 of 485 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #36 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Indiana	36	438	12.2	6	--
2024	Indiana	2	49	24.5	0	--
2023	Indiana	23	276	12.0	0	--
2022	Clemson	7	70	10.0	0	--
2021	Clemson	9	66	7.3	0	--
2020	Clemson	24	306	12.8	2	--
Career		101	1,205	11.9	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 13–10

at Ohio State

1 rec · 12 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With F. Mendoza — 222 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.2 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · C. Becker — 6 rec · 126 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · UCLA · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +6.60(04:24) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete deep right to #7 E.Williams Jr. caught at UCL26, for 62 yards to the UCL00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:13, 1ST DOWN #15 N.Radicic kick attempt good (H: #44 M.McCarthy, LS: #47 M.Langston)
Week 4 · Illinois · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 11 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 5 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 37 yds to the IOWA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Michigan State · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 13 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 2 · Kennesaw State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 8 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 8 · Michigan State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 19 yds to the IU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UCLA · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.25(06:51) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete deep middle to #7 E.Williams Jr. caught at UCL15, for 30 yards to the UCL06 (#4 K.Lawrence), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Penn State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.16Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete short right to #7 E.Williams Jr. caught at IND47, for 12 yards to the IND47 (#4 A.Harris), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · UCLA · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.07(00:17) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete short middle to #7 E.Williams Jr. caught at UCL00, for 2 yards to the UCL00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:13. The previous play is under automatic review - "Pass completion". CALL UPHELD #15 N.Radicic kick attempt good (H: #44 M.McCarthy, LS: #47 M.Langston)
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.78(08:05) Shotgun #15 F.Mendoza pass complete short middle to #7 E.Williams Jr. caught at WIS33, for 10 yards to the WIS33 (#9 A.Brown), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-14vs Old Dominion	5	45	9.0	0	22
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Kennesaw State	3	27	9.0	1	14
Wk 3	W 73-0vs Indiana State	2	27	13.5	0	18
Wk 4	W 63-10vs Illinois	3	17	5.7	1	11
Wk 5	W 20-15@ Iowa	1	37	37.0	0	37
Wk 8	W 38-13vs Michigan State	5	59	11.8	1	19
Wk 9	W 56-6vs UCLA	5	109	21.8	2	62	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 10	W 55-10@ Maryland	2	15	7.5	0	11
Wk 11	W 27-24@ Penn State	2	16	8.0	0	12
Wk 12	W 31-7vs Wisconsin	5	52	10.4	0	14
Wk 15	W 13-10@ Ohio State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Bowl	W 38-3vs Alabama	1	9	9.0	0	9
Bowl	W 56-22vs Oregon	1	13	13.0	1	13
Total		36	438	12.9	6	62

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

E.J. Williams Jr.

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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