Demond Williams Jr.
Demond Williams Jr. is one of the most explosive players in college football, and the money and the portal both came calling. He turned them down to run it back at Washington -- the dynamo who decided to stay.
Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
The story
In 2025 he threw for 3,065 yards with 25 touchdowns against just eight interceptions and added 611 yards and six scores on the ground, starting all 13 games in Jedd Fisch's quarterback-friendly offense. The dual-threat juice is obvious; the part that separates him is that the accuracy is real too -- he completed 78 percent as a 2024 freshman. When LSU and the portal came knocking with serious money, he declared himself fully committed to Washington. The forward stakes are simple ascension: he's already one of the country's most dynamic players, and a full season as the entrenched, unquestioned starter is the kind of runway that turns a dynamo into a Heisman name. For Williams, 2026 is the leap from electric to elite.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Career stats
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 246 | 354 | 69.5% | 3,065 | 8.7 | 25 | 8 | 161.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Washington | 82 | 105 | 78.1% | 944 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 176.9 | -- | -- |
| Career | 328 | 459 | 71.5% | 4,009 | 8.7 | 33 | 9 | 164.6 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 143 | 612 | 4.3 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | Washington | 83 | 282 | 3.4 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 226 | 894 | 4.0 | 8 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 42–25
vs Illinois
280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.5 · 66 rush yds (10 car)
How he plays
Play style
Williams is a rare quarterback who grades elite in both phases. On the ground our play-by-play is almost off the chart -- 98th-percentile EPA per carry, 98th-percentile explosive-run rate, a 96th-percentile rushing success rate. Through the air he's not just a runner who throws: a 94th-percentile passing success rate, a 92nd-percentile completion rate, and an 85th-percentile EPA per dropback, with the arm to hit explosive throws (95th percentile). The one honest wart is a 16th-percentile sack rate -- he holds the ball and takes hits, the flip side of a playmaker who trusts his legs to extend everything. He's a true dual-threat in the modern mold: accurate from the pocket, terrifying out of it, and only just scratching his ceiling.
Our classifier reads him the same way: extends plays with his feet until something opens up.
2026 Outlook
Washington
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Washington · editorial
Returning around him
- 42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 7 Washington players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #13
Perception vs tape
In 2025 he threw for 3,065 yards with 25 touchdowns against just eight interceptions and added 611 yards and six scores on the ground, starting all 13 games in Jedd Fisch's quarterback-friendly offense. The dual-threat juice is obvious; the part that separates him is that the accuracy is real too -- he completed 78 percent as a 2024 freshman.
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Player DNA
Scrambler
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brad Jackson’s 2025 season.
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Differs from Brad on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Justin Fields’s path through Ohio State.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Brad Jackson's sophomore season at Texas State (2025).
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Player DNA
Players who play like Demond Williams Jr.
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #10
Peaked at #10 — top-10 conversation.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2024–2025+225%
Up 225% from first season to most-recent.
Background
AT WASHINGTON 2025: Earned honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches) ... also earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Academic team ... started all 13 games at quarterback ... finished the season 246-for-354 for 3,065 yards, 25 touchdown passes and eight interceptions ... also second on the team in rushin...