Junior running back for Kansas. 2020: 196 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 6 catches.
5′10″ · 170 lb · New Orleans, LA
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 272 nationally · Signed with Kansas
Statement game15 car · 252 yds · 2 TDat Oklahoma (FBS) · L 40-55
Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Kansas. 2020: 196 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 6 catches.
Pooka Williams Jr.
Three seasons at Kansas, two different head coaches: David Beaty and Les Miles. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. The receipt: 76 rush yds, 24 rec yds against Baylor — Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas, 2,347 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Beaty → Les Miles. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 49.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 48.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 49.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-38vs Coastal Carolina | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-47@ Baylor | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 2 | 21 | Season-high 76 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 7-47vs Oklahoma State | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-38@ West Virginia | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 51 | 196 | 3.8 | 2 | 21 |