Jamaal Williams

Jamaal Malik Williams (born April 3, 1995) is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).

Williams played at BYU from 2012 to 2016.

On August 30, 2012, Williams made his collegiate debut with 15 rushing yards in the win over Washington State.

On September 15, against Utah, he had his first collegiate rushing touchdown.

On September 28, against Hawaii, he had 155 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

On October 13, against Oregon State, he added two more rushing touchdowns.

On October 27, against Georgia Tech, he had 107 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, and three receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown.

On November 10, against Idaho, he had 104 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

Overall, he finished the 2012 season with 775 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 27 receptions, 315 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.

On August 31, 2013, in the season opener against Virginia, Williams had 144 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards.

In the next game against Texas, he had 182 rushing yards in the victory.

On October 25, against Boise State, he had 107 rushing yards and 24 receiving yards.

On November 16, against the Idaho State Bengals, he had 131 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.

On November 30, against Nevada, he had 219 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

Overall, in the 2013 season, he finished with 1,233 rushing yards, seven rushing touchdowns, 18 receptions, and 125 receiving yards.

He was the 13th running back selected in that year's draft.

On September 6, 2014, against Texas, Williams had 89 rushing yards and twelve receiving yards in the victory.

Five days later, against Houston, he had 139 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

On October 3, against Utah State, he had 102 rushing yards.

He later suffered a knee injury and was sidelined for the remainder of the 2014 season.

In his shortened season, he had 518 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, eight receptions, and 47 receiving yards.

Williams did not play in 2015 after withdrawing from the school, and redshirted.

Williams started his final collegiate season in 2016 with 163 rushing yards against Arizona.

On September 24, against West Virginia, he had 169 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

On September 30, he rushed for a school-record 286 yards and five touchdowns on 29 carries during a 55–53 win over Toledo.

In the next game, against Michigan State, he had 163 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

In his final college game, he was named the MVP of the 2016 Poinsettia Bowl after rushing for 210 yards and a touchdown against Wyoming.

That red-shirt senior season, he had 1,375 yards on 234 carries for 12 touchdowns.

During his career, he rushed for a school-record 3,901 yards on 726 carries with 35 touchdowns.

He played college football at BYU and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Williams attended Summit High School in Fontana, California where he played high school football for the Sky Hawks.

A 3-star recruit, he committed to Brigham Young University (BYU) to play college football over an offer from Boise State.

Williams was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round with the 134th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.

He was signed to his rookie contract on June 1, 2017.

On September 10, 2017, in his NFL debut, Williams had two rushes for nine yards in a 17–9 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

In Week 9, against the Detroit Lions, he scored his first career rushing touchdown.

On December 3, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he had 113 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.

Overall, he finished his rookie season with 556 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, 25 receptions, 262 receiving yards, and two receiving touchdowns.

In the 2018 season, Williams recorded 464 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, and 27 receptions for 210 receiving yards.

During a Week 4 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on September 26, 2019, Williams suffered a concussion during an illegal helmet-to-helmet hit by Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett.