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2021 Football Roster

3 John Williams

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 165
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown New Sarpy, La

Biography

Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2019 spring semester ... 2018 First Team All-American Athletic Conference (punt return).

On The Charts
Career: Fifth in punt returns (58) ... Sixth in punt return yards (503). Season: Sixth most punt return yards (313, 2018). Game: Tied for first in punt returns for TD (1 vs Tulsa, 2018) ... Fifth in punt return yards (109 vs Tulsa, 2018) ... Sixth (27.3 ypr vs Tulsa, 2018) and 10th (18.8 vs Georgia State, 2018) in punt return average.

2019 (Senior)
Played in the first three games of the season before redshirting the remainder of the year due to injury … Had five catches for 49 yards … Hauled in four catches for 40 yards in the season opener against Ole Miss … Returned seven punts for 44 yards with a long of 21 … Also returned one kickoff for 19 yards ... Was a member of the 2019 squad that went 12-2 and earned a berth to the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

2018 (Junior)
Became a weapon for the Tigers on punt returns ... Saw action in all 14 games ... Made 11 starts, including the Birmingham Bowl ... Led the American Athletic Conference in punt return total yards with 313 (10.8 ypr) and punt returns with 29 ... Ranked second in punt return total yards and third in punt returns in FBS ... Tied for sixth in FBS in punt returns for TD ... Had 27th-longest return in FBS with his career-best 72-yard effort in a home win over Tulsa ... As a member of the receiving corps, had 33 receptions for 304 yards and two TDs ... Third on the team in both catches and receiving yards ... Registered eight multi-reception games ... Had a season-long reception of 30 yards at Tulane ... Hauled in a career-high six catches in the season opener vs Mercer ... Mercer game was his first collegiate start ... Had five receptions for a season-high 65 yards and one TD in a home win over South Alabama ... His TD was a 25-yard strike from Brady White to give Memphis a 21-7 lead early in the second quarter ... In addition to his punt return for TD vs Tulsa, had a 1-yard TD reception in the first quarter ... Had 117 all-purpose yards vs the Golden Hurricane (8 receive/109 punt return) ... Pulled in three receptions for 17 yards and added one punt return for three yards vs Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl ... Had four carries for 40 yards ... Posted a career-long 19-yard rush in a win at ECU ... Logged one solo stop in a victory at SMU.
 
2017 (Sophomore)
Played in 11 games, including the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … Missed two games (SMU, UCF in The American Championship) due to injury … Hauled in 12 catches for 145 yards … Has three multi-reception games … Member of the receiving corps that collected a school season-record 4,355 yards … The Tigers receivers also pulled in a school season-record 39 TD passes … Credited with 18 punt returns for 102 yards … Logged his first catch of the season in the home win over Louisiana Monroe … Also had his first collegiate rush vs the Warhawks … Registered two punt returns for 22 yards vs Louisiana Monroe … Returned one of the punts for a career-long 23 yards … Carried the ball one time for a career-best 10 yards in the home win over UCLA … Had three-straight multi-reception games vs Southern Illinois (2-74 yards), UCF (3-28 yards) and Connecticut (4-33 yards) … His 74 yards vs the Salukis was a career high … Hauled in a career-long 55-yard catch vs Southern Illinois … Catch came on the Tigers’ opening drive of the second half … Moved the ball inside the Southern Illinois 20-yard line … Darrell Henderson scored on the next play (14-yard scamper) to give Memphis a 24-21 lead … Also had a career-best five punt returns vs the Salukis … Recorded a season-best four catches in the road win at Connecticut … Had a 20-yard punt return that set up the game-winning TD drive in the victory at Houston … Had one catch vs Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
 
2016 (Freshman)
Saw action in all 13 games … Made seven catches for 79 yards … Also had four punt returns for 69 yards … Posted two multi-reception games … Multi-catch games came vs Tulane (2-8 yards) and Western Kentucky (2-23 yards) … The two receptions in each game were a season high … Caught first collegiate pass in his collegiate debut in the season-opening win over Southeast Missouri … Catch was a 13-yarder from Riley Ferguson that moved the Tigers to the Southeast Missouri 15-yard line on Memphis’ first drive of the season … Two plays later, Memphis scored its first TD of the 2016 season … Also had first collegiate punt return vs the Redhawks (4 yards) … Had a season-long 20-yard reception in a road win at SMU … Reception came in third quarter on a Memphis scoring drive that gave the Tigers a 48-7 lead … Catch moved Memphis from the SMU 32-yard line to the Mustangs 12 … Had a season-long 31-yard punt return in a home win over Kansas … His punt return set up a short field for the Tigers offense, starting at the Kansas 29-yard line … Five plays later, Memphis scored a TD for a 26-7 lead … Also had a 30-yard punt return in a road win at Cincinnati … His punt return set up the Memphis offense at the Bearcats 37-yard line in the third quarter … Five plays later, the Tigers scored for a 34-0 lead … Had a season-high 23 receiving yards vs Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl.
 
High School
Three-year varsity performer for the Destrehan High School Wildcats … Starred at wide receiver and also played a big role in the return game … Member of Wildcats squads that posted 37 victories, nine postseason wins, three district titles and one state championship game appearance … Helped extend a regular-season win streak to 29 games … Squad won three-straight Louisiana District 7-5A titles from 2013-15 … As a senior, earned 2015 Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-State honorable mention honors … Helped lead the Wildcats to an 11-1 record in 2015 … Had six catches for 125 yards and four touchdowns in a regional/second-round playoffs victory over Barbe … In final prep game, had 131 receiving yards and two TDs in a 2015 Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) Class 5A state playoffs quarterfinal loss … Helped Destrehan High School to a 14-1 record and a LHSAA Class 5A state championship game appearance in 2014 … Team’s second-leading receiver with 38 catches for 584 yards and seven TDs his junior season.

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