Kyle Williams

Former wide receiver at Washington State. 2024: 70 catches, 1,193 receiving yards, 14 TD.

WR · Washington State · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 186 lb · Hawthorne, CA

CFB Index 90 · #7 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNew England — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 5, #69 overall

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 1461 nationally · Signed with Washington State

Career night9 rec · 181 yds · 3 TDat New Mexico (FBS) · L 35-38

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Good i love Kyle Williamsr/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Washington State. 2024: 70 catches, 1,193 receiving yards, 14 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the New England in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Washington State, 3,603 receiving yards — drafted at #69 overall by New England.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 174 yds vs Oregon State.Oregon State · W 38-352023

20229 games

Signed with Washington State3-star out of San Diego Lincoln

2025

Drafted by New Englandround 3, pick 69

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1461 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #69

New England · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020–2021

Nick Rolovich

Washington State

2022–2023

Jake Dickert

Washington State

era →

2024

Pete Kaligis

Washington State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Nick Rolovich, Jake Dickert, and Pete Kaligis. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 2nd NFL season

#69Rd 3 · Pick 5

New EnglandEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UNLV0-6HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning

2021UNLV2-10HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022UNLV5-7HC: Marcus Arroyo · Balanced

2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2024Washington State8-5HC: Pete Kaligis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

90All-America level #7 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#13 / 610 · 98th pct

17.6%

Yards / catch#45 / 610 · 93rd pct

17.2

EPA / target#59 / 610 · 90th pct

1.34

Explosive rate#66 / 610 · 89th pct

25.7%

Catch rate#209 / 610 · 66th pct

93.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#4 / 541 · 99th pct

Rec yards#7 / 541 · 99th pct

1193

Receptions#30 / 541 · 94th pct

Rush yards#40 / 299 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#85 / 541 · 84th pct

17.0

Long catch#112 / 541 · 79th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

54th → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

81st → 89th percentile

Catch rate

50th → 66th percentile

TD rate

67th → 98th percentile

Yards / catch

71st → 93rd percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.1	92.1	18.8	1.3
Road6g	5.7	91.3	14.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.4	95.7	17.9	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	87.2	15.8	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-4% reception volume, top-1% overall receiving production.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #7 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Washington State	70	1,193	17.0	14	--
2023	Washington State	61	842	13.8	6	--
2022	UNLV	40	541	13.5	5	--
2021	UNLV	42	601	14.3	2	--
2020	UNLV	35	426	12.2	2	--
Career		248	3,603	14.5	29	--

Season	Team
2024	Washington State	9	57	--	--	--
2023	Washington State	3	-10	36	--	--
2022	UNLV	1	12	--	--	--
2021	UNLV	2	7	--	--	--
2020	UNLV	2	6	--	--	--
Career		17	72	36	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 70–30

vs Portland State

4 rec · 141 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 40-point win at home against Portland State.

With J. Mateer — 352 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.1 · 55 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · W. Parker — 96 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Syracuse · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +6.36Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Kyle Williams for 66 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 13 · Oregon State · 1&18 · Q3 · EPA +5.60John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 57 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 1 · Portland State · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +5.04John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 59 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 1 · Portland State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.56John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 58 yds for a TD (B. Riviere III Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 12 · New Mexico · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.76John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 43 yds to the UNM 28 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boise State · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.57John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 36 yds to the BOIS 38 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Wyoming · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.46John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 37 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 4 · San José State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.43John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 32 yds to the SJSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Syracuse · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Kyle Williams for 29 yds to the SYR 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · New Mexico · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.33John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 29 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 70-30vs Portland State	4	141	35.3	2	59	172-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 37-16vs Texas Tech	1	21	21.0	1	21
Wk 3	W 24-19@ Washington	3	22	7.3	0	11
Wk 4	W 54-52vs San José State	8	138	17.3	1	32	138-yard receiving day
Wk 5	L 24-45@ Boise State	9	142	15.8	1	36	142-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 25-17@ Fresno State	3	34	11.3	0	18
Wk 8	W 42-10vs Hawai'i	4	59	14.8	0	35
Wk 9	W 29-26@ San Diego State	5	74	14.8	0	33
Wk 11	W 49-28vs Utah State	5	55	11.0	3	17	3 TD catches
Wk 12	L 35-38@ New Mexico	9	181	20.1	3	43	Season-high 181 yds
Wk 13	L 38-41@ Oregon State	5	95	19.0	1	57
Wk 14	L 14-15vs Wyoming	4	59	14.8	1	37
Bowl	L 35-52vs Syracuse	10	172	17.2	1	66
Total		70	1193	16.9	14	66