Kyle Williams

#2 · WR · Sr. · Washington State6′0″ · 186 lb · Hawthorne, CA

Kyle Williams: WR · Washington State · #2.

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Kyle Williams

WR · Washington State · Sr · #2

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Marcus Arroyo, Jake Dickert and Pete Kaligis. On tape: 181 receiving yards and 9 receptions against New Mexico, Week 12, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Washington State	70	1,193	17.0	14	66
2023	Washington State	61	842	13.8	6	63
2022	UNLV	40	541	13.5	5	49
2021	UNLV	42	601	14.3	2	75
2020	UNLV	35	426	12.2	2	35
Career		248	3,603	14.5	29	75

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 24-19vs 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@ No. 25 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 No. 22 Syracuse	10	172	17.2	1	66
Total		70	1193	17.0	14	66

Signature game

Bowl · 2024

L 35-52

vs Syracuse · neutral site

10 rec · 172 yds · 1 TD

With Z. Eckhaus — 363 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 74.7 · 28 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · C. Hernandez — 8 rec · 80 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Syracuse · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +6.36Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Kyle Williams for 66 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 13 · Oregon State · 1st and 18 · Q3 · EPA +5.60John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 57 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 1 · Portland State · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +5.04John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 59 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 1 · Portland State · 1st and 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 · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.76John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 43 yds to the UNM 28 for a
Week 5 · Boise State · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.57John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 36 yds to the BOIS 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Wyoming · 2nd and 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 · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.43John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 32 yds to the SJSU 43 for a
Week 1 · Syracuse · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Kyle Williams for 29 yds to the SYR 43 for a
Week 12 · New Mexico · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +3.33John Mateer pass complete to Kyle Williams for 29 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)

Teams and coaches

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: Jake Dickert · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 90 (#7 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

90All-America level #7 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	78.8	19.0	1.3
Road5g	6.2	105	16.2	1.0

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Pete Kaligis

Pass share

46.4%

399 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

66.2

13 games

Team sack rate

6.8%

413 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

70 catches and 9 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

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 Zeitgeist Score

90 · #7 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Kyle Williams

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2025