CFB Zeitgeist Score
64
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 57th percentile.
Tailique Williams
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
478 REC YDS · 35 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Western Michigan for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Western Michigan
Returning around him
- 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +1 net (14 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Michigan · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #104
WR · WESTERN MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN
Tailique Williams
- 4
- 5-9 | 177 lb
- Pine Mountain, GA
Heisman Heat
#4785
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2025+624%
Up 624% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8326 | No. 1763 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State -> Western Michigan | 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate |
| 2024 | Georgia State -> -- | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (478).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Georgia State
Composite
0.8326
#1763 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Tailique Williams
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Tailique Williams
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.7
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #185 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 65th
Why it matters
#185 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.7 yards per reception (35 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.7 (65th)
HIGH · n=35 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#238 / 531
- Receiving TDs#302 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 4 vs Toledo — 112 ypr
Result W 14-13
The week the volume broke through — put up 112 yds vs Toledo.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
478Rec yards
35Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
39.8Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
517.8Rec yards
38Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 478): needs 222/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 478): needs 522/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 35): needs 25/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 35): needs 45/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Tailique Williams is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
35 79th
YDS
478 78th
YPR
13.7 65th
TD
2 75th
Rushing
CAR
12 91st
YDS
84 93rd
YPC
7.0 76th
TD
1 96th
Returns
PR YDS
-2 5th
PR AVG
-2.0 4th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-23@ Michigan State | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-13vs Toledo | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 0 | 43 | Season-high 112 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 47-14vs Rhode Island | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-3@ Massachusetts | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0vs Ball State | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-26@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 1 | 43 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Central Michigan | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-13vs Ohio | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 0 | 71 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-19@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 15 | W 23-13vs Miami (OH) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 41-6vs Kennesaw State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 35 | 478 | 18.3 | 2 | 71 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy
2022Georgia State4-8HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy
2023Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning
2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 35 | 478 | 13.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 49 | 615 | 12.6 | 6 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 15 | 163 | 10.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 100 | 1,322 | 13.2 | 9 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 12 | 84 | -- | -2 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 1 | -1 | 187 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia State | -- | -- | 36 | 43 | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 1 | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 14 | 90 | 223 | 41 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 35 | #230/1110 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 478 | #240/1107 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #281/1111 | 75th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.7 | #389/1106 | 65th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | -2 | #214/224 | 5th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 18.6% | #117/1137 | 90th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 84 | #29/397 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 36 | #24/346 | 93rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 12 | #37/407 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 7.0 | #95/393 | 76th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 71 | #89/1105 | 92nd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 1 | #182/237 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | -2.0 | #215/222 | 4th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.0% | #181/1137 | 84th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.8% | #241/1137 | 79th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 7.7% | #230/1137 | 80th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.6% | #203/1137 | 82nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.4% | #266/1137 | 77th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.4% | #459/1137 | 60th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 2.3% | #81/1137 | 93rd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 45.3 | 26.5 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 32.2 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 2.4 | 33.3 | 19.8 | 0.1 |
| Losses2g | 5.5 | 72.5 | 13.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 47.3 | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 32.3 | 23.5 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
64Solid starter
Elite: rush yards (90th). Strength: rush tds (85th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Tailique WilliamsWestern MichiganHank BeattyIllinois· 80% simDevin VoisinSouth Alabama· 76% simVictor SnowBuffalo· 75% sim
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Long catch
Fumbles lost
Yards / catch
Receptions
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Yusuf Ali’s 2020 season.
Yusuf Ali
84%match
#2
Yusuf Ali
86%
#3
Ja'Shaun Poke
80%
#4
Ja'Shaun Poke
80%
#5
Michael Mathison
80%
Matches Yusuf on
TD rate
Yards / reception
Weight
Differs from Yusuf on
Class year (higher)
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ryan Flournoy’s path through Southeast Missouri State.
Ryan Flournoy
98%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
Jordan Allen
98%
#3
Anthony Lowe
98%
#4
Ian Duarte
97%
#5
Elijah Metcalf
All-Conference USA
95%
Matches Ryan on
Yards per reception
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Bohanon's graduate season at Tulane (2025).
Bryce Bohanon
78%match
#2
Keegan Jones
78%
#3
Trayvon Rudolph
All-MAC
78%
#4
Jacquez Stuart
76%
#5
Deion Burks
All-SECNFL Rd 7
73%
Matches Bryce on
Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.3%
304 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.2
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
248 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Tim Lester
Western Michigan
2022
Tim Lester
Western Michigan
2023era →
Lance Taylor
Western Michigan
2025
Lance Taylor
Western Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPine Mountain, GA
Height5'9"
Weight177 lb
Class4
PositionWR
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamWestern Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | WR4 | #4785 | #5212 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Georgia State | WR4 | #1017 | #1383 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Georgia State | WR4 | #3436 | #3718 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Georgia State | WR4 | #2824 | #3313 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | WR | 4 | 5-9 | 177 lb | Pine Mountain, GA |
| 2024 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | 5-9 | 177 lb | Pine Mountain, GA |
| 2023 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | 5-9 | 177 lb | Pine Mountain, GA |
| 2022 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | 5-9 | 177 lb | Pine Mountain, GA |
| 2021 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | 5-9 | 177 lb | Pine Mountain, GA |