#25

Javonte Williams

Former running back at North Carolina. 2020: 1,140 rushing yards, 19 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · North Carolina · Jr. · #25

5′10″ · 220 lb · Wallace, NC

All-ConferenceDenver — drafted 2021, Rd 2, Pick 3, #35 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1476 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

Statement game23 car · 236 yds · 3 TDat Miami (FBS) · W 62-26

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at North Carolina. 2020: 1,140 rushing yards, 19 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the Denver in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 2,297 rushing yards — drafted at #35 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201810 games

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Wallace-Rose Hill

202011 games

All-ACCsecond

2021

Drafted by Denverround 2, pick 35

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1476 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #35

Denver · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

2 coaches

2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

2019–2020

Mack Brown

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 6th NFL season

#35Rd 2 · Pick 3

DenverEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (99th percentile). Strength: rush yards (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 271 · 99th pct

Rush yards#6 / 271 · 98th pct

1140

Rec yards#9 / 260 · 97th pct

305

Yards / carry#15 / 271 · 95th pct

7.3

Carries#19 / 271 · 93rd pct

157

Receptions#20 / 260 · 92nd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 175 · 86th pct

Long run#53 / 271 · 80th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	87.2	5.7	1.7
Road5g	123	7.8	1.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	100	6.1	1.8
Weeks 8+7g	105	6.9	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	157	1,140	7.3	19	--
2019	North Carolina	166	933	5.6	5	--
2018	North Carolina	43	224	5.2	5	--
Career		366	2,297	6.3	29	--

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	25	305	12.2	3	--
2019	North Carolina	17	176	10.4	1	--
2018	North Carolina	8	65	8.1	0	--
Career		50	546	10.9	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020

W 56–45

vs Virginia Tech

169 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With M. Carter — 214 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · S. Howell — 257 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Boston College · 2&20 · Q2 · EPA +5.32Sam Howell pass complete to Javonte Williams for 41 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 10 · Duke · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +4.33Javonte Williams run for 32 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 7 · Florida State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Sam Howell pass complete to Javonte Williams for 38 yds for a TD (Sam Howell pass to Garrett Walston for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 15 · Miami · 2&26 · Q3 · EPA +3.79Javonte Williams run for 27 yds to the MiaFl 20 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Miami · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.79Javonte Williams run for 65 yds to the MiaFl 10 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.55Javonte Williams run for 1 yd to the NCaro 42 NORTH CAROLINA Penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (-16 Yards) to the NCaro 42
Week 10 · Duke · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Javonte Williams run for 33 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 7 · Florida State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.41Javonte Williams run for a loss of 1 yard to the FlaSt 25
Week 2 · Syracuse · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.08Sam Howell pass complete to Javonte Williams for 22 yds to the Syrac 34 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Western Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.99Javonte Williams run for 5 yds to the NCaro 39 NORTH CAROLINA Penalty, personal foul (-15 Yards) to the NCaro 46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 31-6vs Syracuse	14	57	4.1	3	17	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Boston College	11	57	5.2	1	18
Wk 6	W 56-45vs Virginia Tech	20	169	8.5	2	29	169-yard day
Wk 7	L 28-31@ Florida State	18	119	6.6	1	27
Wk 8	W 48-21vs NC State	19	160	8.4	3	27	3 rushing TDs
Wk 9	L 41-44@ Virginia	13	54	4.2	1	9
Wk 10	W 56-24@ Duke	12	151	12.6	3	37	3 rushing TDs
Wk 11	W 59-53vs Wake Forest	13	101	7.8	1	21
Wk 13	L 17-31vs Notre Dame	11	28	2.5	0	10
Wk 14	W 49-9vs Western Carolina	3	8	2.7	1	5
Wk 15	W 62-26@ Miami	23	236	10.3	3	65	Season-high 236 yds
Total		157	1140	6.6	19	65

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

Javonte Williams

201810 games

202011 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

Heisman trajectory

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