Kyren Williams

#23 · RB · Jr. · Notre Dame6′0″ · 195 lb · Saint Louis, MO · St. John Vianney

Kyren Williams: RB · Notre Dame · #23.

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Kyren Williams

RB · Notre Dame · Jr · #23

Wins in space out of the backfield. Three seasons in the Notre Dame backfield to date. The first one came in 2020: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 199 rushing yards and 15 receiving yards against North Carolina — Week 9, 2021.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

204Carries
1000Yards
24.9%Top-5 share
21.6%Stuffed rate

Just 24.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.6% of his carries. 18 carries for 33 yds vs Wisconsin; 22 for 202 vs North Carolina.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

49.1%Carry share
48.5%Q4-lead share
83.3%In competitive games

49.1% of carries overall (202/411) → 48.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (48/99) — 83.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

9/133rd/4th & short
13/27Inside-5 share

9 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (69.2%). 13 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (48.1%).

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