$Signed a four-year, $17.46 million contract with the Lions in May of 2022.
See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they converted the opportunity into a touchdown.
This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player’s percentile rank. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
Avg Depth of Target
14.0 Yds
Avg Yds Per Route Run
2.52
2024 NFL Game Log
This Week’s Opposing Pass Defense
The bars represents the team’s percentile rank (based on QB Rating Against). The longer the bar, the better their pass defense is. The team and position group ratings only include players that are currently on the roster and not on injured reserve. The list of players in the table only includes defenders with at least 3 attempts against them.
@ Vikings
Sunday, Oct 20th at 1:00PM
Overall QB Rating Against
44.5
Returning from an ACL tear at the end of his Alabama career, Williams was held out for the first 11 games of 2022, taking only 78 offensive snaps in six appearances. His one catch on nine targets went for a 41-yard touchdown, at least, and he had another distance TD wiped out by a penalty. There’s not much to work with from his rookie season, so it’s probably best to view Williams as a rookie again this year. However, the 22-year-old’s 2023 season debut will be delayed after he was suspended for the first six games of the season for violating the league’s gambling policy. Once Williams — who went 12th overall last year, right behind Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson — is eligible to play again, he could potentially see a high volume of perimeter snaps in Detroit’s offense following the offseason departure of DJ Chark. In terms of pure speed, Williams is in the same league as former college teammate Jaylen Waddle, though with a slightly narrower build (6-1, 180) and only one season of big-time college production (79-1,572-15 in 2021).
Williams might’ve been the first WR selected in the 2022 Draft if not for his ACL tear in the
national title game last season. It was a disappointing end to a phenomenal year, with Williams
averaging 104.8 yards and a TD per game in his lone season at Alabama after transferring from
OSU. The Lions took him 12th overall, despite the knee injury and his lack of production at OSU
pre-transfer. Naturally, two of the guys who played ahead of Williams at OSU were drafted right
ahead of him – Chris Olave (Saints) and Garrett Wilson (Jets). None has an ideal situation for
rookie-year production, but it’ll be especially difficult for Williams given the timing of his injury. It’s possible he’s eased into action once he returns from his stint (at least four games) on the NFL list and he may fall behind Amon-Ra St. Brown and DJ Chark when it comes to building chemistry with QB Jared Goff. On the other hand, Williams is blazing fast, young for his draft class and coming off a dominant campaign in
the SEC, making it unwise to bet against him long term.
