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Heisman / Players / Hykeem Williams /Colorado

Hykeem Williams

WR · Colorado · Jr · #5

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

81 REC YDS · 9 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Colorado for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Colorado for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Colorado

Returning around him

  • 7% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +4 net (42 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Colorado · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #30 · 2026 recruiting class #37

WR · COLORADO · BIG 12

Hykeem Williams

  • 3
  • #5
  • 6-2 | 220 lb
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

4

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 9th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4065

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
80.02023
81.02025

+1%

Modest growth (1%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +3000

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey5
Measurements6-2 | 220 lb
HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Primary teamColorado

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Colorado 2025
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Apr 29, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Florida State -> Colorado 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#4065Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4437Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Hykeem Williams

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmRivals: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "A lot of people are saying Norvell can't recruit , I don't find that true outsid"Rivals
  • Rivals · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Hykeem Williams

Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 5g
81Rec yards
9Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
16.2Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
210.6Rec yards
23Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 81): needs 77.4/game over remaining 8.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 81): needs 114.9/game over remaining 8.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 9): needs 6.4/game over remaining 8.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 9): needs 8.9/game over remaining 8.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1/game over remaining 8.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.2/game over remaining 8.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Hykeem Williams's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Colorado, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #4065 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 9 0 rec TD | #604/1110 (46th pct)
Receiving yards 81 9.0 per catch | #691/1107 (38th pct)
Scrimmage yards 81 Total offensive yardage | #691/1107 (38th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
9 46th
YDS
81 38th
YPR
9.0 25th
TD
0 45th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 20-27vs Georgia Tech22010.0011
Wk 2W 31-7vs Delaware155.005
Wk 3L 20-36@ Houston188.008
Wk 4W 37-20vs Wyoming3268.7012Season-high 26 yds
Wk 6L 21-35@ TCU22211.0012
Total9818.5012
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced
2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Colorado9819.00--
2023Florida State58016.01--
Career2 loaded seasons1416111.51--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 3.2% 6.0% pass-game share | #770/1137 (32nd pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 9 #604/1110 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 81 #691/1107 38th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 9.0 #833/1106 25th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 6.0% #770/1137 32nd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 12 #915/1105 17th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 5.0% #707/1137 38th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.7% #551/1137 52nd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.2% #727/1137 36th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.9% #830/1137 27th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.3% #847/1137 26th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 2.1% #857/1137 25th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home3g2.017.07.90.0
Road2g1.515.09.50.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g2.015.56.80.0
Losses3g1.716.79.70.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-75g1.816.28.50.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

4Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (0th).

Yards / catch#508 / 558 · 9th pct
9.0rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#555 / 558 · 1st pct
12rece
Rec yards#556 / 558 · 1st pct
81rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
9rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 5 metrics
Hykeem WilliamsColoradoMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 48% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 42% simAaron TurnerRice· 39% sim
Yards / catch
9
Williams
9
III
15
Gibson
1
Turner
Rec TDs
7
Williams
24
III
7
Gibson
68
Turner
Long catch
1
Williams
16
III
56
Gibson
65
Turner
Rec yards
1
Williams
70
III
74
Gibson
48
Turner
Receptions
0
Williams
92
III
92
Gibson
92
Turner

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Pass share

45.6%

356 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

12.5%

320 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Deion Sanders
Colorado
2025
Deion Sanders
Colorado

Played his entire career under Deion Sanders.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Height6'2"
Weight220 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey5

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Florida State WR3 #4065 #4437 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Florida State WR3 #844 #603 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Colorado Big 12 WR 3 No. 5 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2024 Florida State ACC WR 3 No. 5 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2023 Florida State ACC WR 3 No. 5 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL