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Jersey Number 28
Joe Williams
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Allentown, Pa.
- High School:
- Emmaus HS
Bio
UTAH: Averaged 99.2 yards rushing in his career … school record-holder for single-game rushing yards (332) and single-season rushing average (156.3) … eight 100-yard rushing games in 19 total career games played.
2016–Rushed for 1,407 yards in just nine games (all starts) … set the school record for rushing yards per game (156.3) … 156.3 yards per game would have ranked second in the nation and first in the Pac-12 had he played in the minimum 75% of the games required for inclusion in the rankings … 1,407 rushing yards ranks fourth in school history … honorable mention All-Pac-12 … led Utah in carries (210), net yards (1,407), yards per rush (6.7), rushing touchdowns (10), all-purpose yards (1,514) and all-purpose yards per game (168.2) … initially retired from the sport on Sept. 13 only to return to the team on Oct. 11 after injuries struck the running back corps … six 100-yard games: 332 vs. UCLA, 222 vs. Indiana, 181 vs. Arizona State, 179 vs. Oregon State, 172 vs. Washington, 149 vs. Oregon … two 200-yard games tied the school single-season record … AP honorable mention All-Bowl team and Foster Farms Bowl MVP … Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week vs. UCLA after rushing for a school-record 332 yards and four touchdowns on 29 carries (11.4 yards per carry) … 332 rushing yards vs. UCLA ranked second in the NCAA FBS in 2016 and was the fourth-best single-game rushing mark in Pac-12 history (also the best in school history and the first 300-yard game by a Ute) … four rushing touchdowns against the Bruins tied the school record … 82-yard touchdown run against Arizona State was the fourth-longest run from scrimmage all-time at Utah … eight receptions for 51 yards against Oregon … career-high 58 yards receiving came on one catch vs. Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl … 278 all-purpose yards vs. the Hoosiers … played in the East-West Shrine Game.
2015–Played in 10 games with two starts (Colorado and BYU) … played sparingly until the 11th game of game of the season against UCLA when All-Pac-12 running back Devontae Booker was injured … stepped in to rush for 121 yards on 26 carries (4.7 average) against UCLA … had a team-high 152 all-purpose yards against the Bruins, including four receptions for 31 yards … in three games as the primary ball carrier, he had 85 rushes for 399 yards (4.7 average) and three touchdowns … finished the season third on the team in carries (104) and net rushing yards (477) … also ranked third on the team in all-purpose yards (561) … 11 receptions for 84 yards … two 100-yard rushing games (vs. UCLA and Colorado) … season-high 34 carries for 187 yards (5.5 average) and a touchdown against Colorado … 34 carries vs. Colorado tied for the most in the Pac-12 in 2015 … 25 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns against BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl … also had two receptions for 22 yards and led Utah with 113 all-purpose yards against BYU.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played at UConn in 2012 before transferring to ASA College in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he played last season … has two years to play two … 2014 second-team NJCAA All-American as a sophomore at ASA … first-team all-Northeast Football Conference in 2014 … led the Northeast Football Conference in rushing and ranked fourth in the nation, averaging 156.1 yards per game … 163 carries for 1,093 yards (6.7 average) and seven touchdowns in seven games in 2014 … also had 16 receptions for 237 yards and three touchdowns his sophomore season … led the conference in all-purpose yards, averaging 199.0 yards a game … conference Offensive Player of the Week vs. Monroe College … as a true freshman at UConn in 2012, he played in nine games, rushing three times for six yards (all against Temple) ... spent the fall 2011 semester at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy after graduating from Emmaus HS (Pa.) in the spring of 2011 ... at Emmaus, rushed for 1,243 yards as a senior and was second team all-area and first team all-Lehigh Valley Conference ... track standout won the LVC outdoor track titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash.
PERSONAL: Son of Jo Anne Hyden-Williams and Kenny Williams … married to Jasmine Jones … bachelor’s degree in sociology … full name is Joseph Sterling Williams ... born Sept. 4, 1993.
2016–Rushed for 1,407 yards in just nine games (all starts) … set the school record for rushing yards per game (156.3) … 156.3 yards per game would have ranked second in the nation and first in the Pac-12 had he played in the minimum 75% of the games required for inclusion in the rankings … 1,407 rushing yards ranks fourth in school history … honorable mention All-Pac-12 … led Utah in carries (210), net yards (1,407), yards per rush (6.7), rushing touchdowns (10), all-purpose yards (1,514) and all-purpose yards per game (168.2) … initially retired from the sport on Sept. 13 only to return to the team on Oct. 11 after injuries struck the running back corps … six 100-yard games: 332 vs. UCLA, 222 vs. Indiana, 181 vs. Arizona State, 179 vs. Oregon State, 172 vs. Washington, 149 vs. Oregon … two 200-yard games tied the school single-season record … AP honorable mention All-Bowl team and Foster Farms Bowl MVP … Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week vs. UCLA after rushing for a school-record 332 yards and four touchdowns on 29 carries (11.4 yards per carry) … 332 rushing yards vs. UCLA ranked second in the NCAA FBS in 2016 and was the fourth-best single-game rushing mark in Pac-12 history (also the best in school history and the first 300-yard game by a Ute) … four rushing touchdowns against the Bruins tied the school record … 82-yard touchdown run against Arizona State was the fourth-longest run from scrimmage all-time at Utah … eight receptions for 51 yards against Oregon … career-high 58 yards receiving came on one catch vs. Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl … 278 all-purpose yards vs. the Hoosiers … played in the East-West Shrine Game.
2015–Played in 10 games with two starts (Colorado and BYU) … played sparingly until the 11th game of game of the season against UCLA when All-Pac-12 running back Devontae Booker was injured … stepped in to rush for 121 yards on 26 carries (4.7 average) against UCLA … had a team-high 152 all-purpose yards against the Bruins, including four receptions for 31 yards … in three games as the primary ball carrier, he had 85 rushes for 399 yards (4.7 average) and three touchdowns … finished the season third on the team in carries (104) and net rushing yards (477) … also ranked third on the team in all-purpose yards (561) … 11 receptions for 84 yards … two 100-yard rushing games (vs. UCLA and Colorado) … season-high 34 carries for 187 yards (5.5 average) and a touchdown against Colorado … 34 carries vs. Colorado tied for the most in the Pac-12 in 2015 … 25 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns against BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl … also had two receptions for 22 yards and led Utah with 113 all-purpose yards against BYU.
PRIOR TO UTAH: Played at UConn in 2012 before transferring to ASA College in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he played last season … has two years to play two … 2014 second-team NJCAA All-American as a sophomore at ASA … first-team all-Northeast Football Conference in 2014 … led the Northeast Football Conference in rushing and ranked fourth in the nation, averaging 156.1 yards per game … 163 carries for 1,093 yards (6.7 average) and seven touchdowns in seven games in 2014 … also had 16 receptions for 237 yards and three touchdowns his sophomore season … led the conference in all-purpose yards, averaging 199.0 yards a game … conference Offensive Player of the Week vs. Monroe College … as a true freshman at UConn in 2012, he played in nine games, rushing three times for six yards (all against Temple) ... spent the fall 2011 semester at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy after graduating from Emmaus HS (Pa.) in the spring of 2011 ... at Emmaus, rushed for 1,243 yards as a senior and was second team all-area and first team all-Lehigh Valley Conference ... track standout won the LVC outdoor track titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash.
PERSONAL: Son of Jo Anne Hyden-Williams and Kenny Williams … married to Jasmine Jones … bachelor’s degree in sociology … full name is Joseph Sterling Williams ... born Sept. 4, 1993.
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