#85

Austin Williams

Senior wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2022: 34 catches, 291 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Mississippi State · Sr. · #85

6′3″ · 205 lb · Ocean Springs, MS

CFB Index 39 · #317 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceMississippi State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Mississippi State. 2022: 34 catches, 291 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Mississippi State, 1,536 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 72 yds at Arkansas.Arkansas · L 28-312021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Joe Moorhead → Mike Leach. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2019Mississippi State6-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #317 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#70 / 636 · 89th pct

12.8%

EPA / target#136 / 636 · 79th pct

0.92

Catch rate#145 / 636 · 77th pct

87.2%

Explosive rate#504 / 636 · 20th pct

7.7%

Yards / catch#560 / 636 · 12th pct

8.6

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Receptions#243 / 550 · 55th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec yards#391 / 550 · 29th pct

291

Yards / catch#522 / 550 · 5th pct

8.6

Long catch#520 / 550 · 5th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

82nd → 79th percentile

Explosive rate

63rd → 20th percentile

Catch rate

85th → 77th percentile

TD rate

57th → 89th percentile

Yards / catch

45th → 12th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	21.7	7.9	0.3
Road6g	2.3	23.2	10.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.1	20.4	9.6	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	25.6	7.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #317 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	34	291	8.6	5	--
2021	Mississippi State	52	617	11.9	4	--
2020	Mississippi State	43	372	8.7	3	--
2019	Mississippi State	11	119	10.8	2	--
2018	Mississippi State	10	137	13.7	3	--
Career		150	1,536	10.2	17	--

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	--	--	--	4	--
2021	Mississippi State	--	--	--	21	--
2020	Mississippi State	--	--	--	48	--
2019	Mississippi State	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Mississippi State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	73	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

1 rec · 6 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Alabama · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.47Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 21 yds to the Alab 46 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arkansas · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 10 yds for a TD, (Ben Raybon KICK)
Week 2 · Arizona · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 4 yds for a TD, (Ben Raybon KICK)
Week 7 · Kentucky · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 1 yd for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 12 · East Tennessee State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 5 yds for a TD, (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 10 · Auburn · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 3 yds to the MisSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Arizona · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.09Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 5 yds for a TD, (Ben Raybon KICK)
Week 10 · Auburn · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 8 yds to the Aub 42 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · East Tennessee State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.93Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 7 yds to the ETnSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Texas A&M · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.87Will Rogers pass complete to Austin Williams for 14 yds to the MisSt 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	5	31	6.2	2	8	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	2	19	9.5	0	13
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	3	42	14.0	1	20
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	3	34	11.3	1	24
Wk 8	L 6-30@ Alabama	3	46	15.3	0	21	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 10	W 39-33vs Auburn	6	37	6.2	0	9
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	2	10	5.0	0	9
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	5	29	5.8	1	7
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	1	6	6.0	0	6
Bowl	W 19-10@ Illinois	2	22	11.0	0	16
Total		34	291	8.8	5	24

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Austin Williams

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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