Dexter Williams

RB · Notre Dame 2018 · #2

Last confirmed: Notre Dame, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · 203 lb · Winter Garden, FL · West Orange

Dexter Williams: RB · Notre Dame · #2.

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Dexter Williams

RB · Notre Dame · Sr · #2

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Fourth year in the Notre Dame backfield. On tape: 202 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Florida State, Week 11, 2018.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

157Carries
995Yards
28.6%Top-5 share
22.3%Stuffed rate

Just 28.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 22.3% of his carries. 13 carries for 31 yds vs Pittsburgh; 20 for 202 vs Florida State.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

30.6%Carry share
25.0%Q4-lead share
75.0%In competitive games

30.6% of carries overall (155/506) → 25.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (36/144) — 75.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

4/24Inside-5 share

4 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).

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