E.J. Williams Jr.

#7 · WR · Sr. · Indiana6′4″ · 203 lb · Phenix City, AL

E.J. Williams Jr. is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Indiana.

Williams wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 109 receiving yards and 5 receptions against UCLA — Week 9, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Kajiya HollawayneTemple · 2025 · 90% season match
Dwayne Early Jr.Buffalo · 2026 · 82% season match
Noah ThomasTexas A&M · 2023 · 79% season match
Caleb DuckingMississippi State · 2022 · 77% season match
Dane KeyNebraska · 2025 · 77% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Indiana	36	438	12.2	6	62
2024	Indiana	2	49	24.5	0	37
2023	Indiana	23	276	12.0	0	27
2022	Clemson	7	70	10.0	0	14
2021	Clemson	9	66	7.3	0	17
2020	Clemson	24	306	12.8	2	38
Career		101	1,205	11.9	8	62

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 9 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 13-10vs No. 1 Ohio State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Bowl	W 38-3vs No. 11 Alabama	1	9	9.0	0	9
Bowl	W 56-22vs No. 5 Oregon	1	13	13.0	1	13
Total		36	438	12.2	6	62

Signature game

Week 9 · 2025

W 56-6

vs UCLA

5 rec · 109 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 50-point win at home against UCLA.

With F. Mendoza — 168 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 91.3 · 45 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. Hemby — 81 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 11 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · UCLA · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +6.60Mendoza to Williams Jr.: a 62-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Illinois · 3rd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 37 yds to the IOWA 45 for a
Week 8 · Michigan State · 3rd and 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 · 2nd and 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 · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 19 yds to the IU 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · UCLA · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.25Mendoza to Williams Jr.: a 30-yard pass.
Week 11 · Penn State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.16Mendoza to Williams Jr.: a 12-yard pass.
Week 9 · UCLA · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Mendoza to Williams Jr.: a 2-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.78Mendoza to Williams Jr.: a 10-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

36 rec · 438 yds · 6 TD

34 of 36 receptions matched to play-by-play

19 of 46 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4615% of team targets

Catch rate

74%34 of 46 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

53% of targets (10)

70%catch rate

Air 4.4 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

32% of targets (6)

100%catch rate

Air 11.5 · YAC 0.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

16% of targets (3)

67%catch rate

Air 30.7 · YAC 17.5 avg

74% catch rate on 46 targets · 15% of the team's targets.

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%

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 49 (#240 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

49Rotational starter #240 of 485 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	48.0	11.6	0.7
Road3g	1.7	22.7	17.5	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

2025 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Pass share

38.7%

404 pass / 641 run

Plays / game

65.3

16 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

380 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

36 catches in 13 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

49 · #240 of 485 WRs · 2025

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #36 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).