Joe Williams

Former running back at Utah. 2016: 1,407 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Utah

Allentown, PA

San Francisco — drafted 2017, Rd 4, Pick 15, #121 overall

The story

Former running back at Utah. 2016: 1,407 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Drafted round 4 by the San Francisco in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Utah, 1,884 rushing yards — drafted at #121 overall by San Francisco.

His career

2017

Drafted by San Franciscoround 4, pick 121

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Utah

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #121

San Francisco · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 10th NFL season

#121Rd 4 · Pick 15

San FranciscoEntering 10th NFL season

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2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 19-7 over that span.

2015Utah10-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2016Utah9-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (95th percentile). Strength: long run (94th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#16 / 304 · 95th pct

1407

Long run#18 / 304 · 94th pct

Yards / carry#29 / 304 · 90th pct

6.7

Carries#32 / 304 · 90th pct

210

Rush TDs#51 / 304 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#110 / 294 · 63rd pct

107

Receptions#144 / 294 · 49th pct

Fumbles lost#221 / 222 · 1st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	124	5.3	0.6
Road4g	197	8.1	1.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	119	5.1	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	186	7.7	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Utah	210	1,407	6.7	10	--
2015	Utah	104	477	4.6	3	--
Career		314	1,884	6.0	13	--

Season	Team
2016	Utah	9	107	11.9	--
2015	Utah	11	84	7.6	--
Career		20	191	9.6	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-0vs Southern Utah	12	49	4.1	0	11	222-yard day
Wk 2	W 20-19vs BYU	10	26	2.6	0	7
Wk 7	W 19-14@ Oregon State	34	179	5.3	1	49	179-yard day
Wk 8	W 52-45@ UCLA	29	332	11.4	4	64	Season-high 332 yds
Wk 9	L 24-31vs Washington	35	172	4.9	1	18	172-yard day
Wk 11	W 49-26@ Arizona State	15	181	12.1	2	82	181-yard day
Wk 12	L 28-30vs Oregon	23	149	6.5	1	28
Wk 13	L 22-27@ Colorado	26	97	3.7	0	15
Bowl	W 26-24vs Indiana	26	222	8.5	1	32
Total		210	1407	6.6	10	82

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