Last confirmed: Utah, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
Allentown, PA
Joe Williams: RB · Utah.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Joe Williams
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Second year in the Utah backfield. On tape: 332 rushing yards and 4 rushing TD against UCLA, Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.5% of his carries. 10 carries for 27 yds vs BYU; 29 for 332 vs UCLA.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
39.5% of carries overall (206/522) → 27.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/88) — 100.0% 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
11 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (64.7%). 8 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (25.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-0vs Southern Utah | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 11 | 222-yard day |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19vs BYU | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-14@ Oregon State | 34 | 179 | 5.3 | 1 | 49 | 179-yard day |
| Wk 8 | W 52-45@ UCLA | 29 | 332 | 11.4 | 4 | 64 | Season-high 332 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31vs No. 4 Washington | 35 | 172 | 4.9 | 1 | 18 | 172-yard day |
| Wk 11 | W 49-26@ Arizona State | 15 | 181 | 12.1 | 2 | 82 | 181-yard day |
| Wk 12 | L 28-30vs Oregon | 23 | 149 | 6.5 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-27@ No. 9 Colorado | 26 | 97 | 3.7 | 0 | 15 | |
 Bowl | W 26-24vs Indiana | 26 | 222 | 8.5 | 1 | 32 | |
| Total | 210 | 1407 | 6.7 | 10 | 82 |
Week 8 · 2016
W 52-45
at UCLA
332 rush yds (29 car) · 4 TD
Edged out UCLA on the road in a shootout.
With C. Butler-Byrd — 5 rec · 67 yds · M. Wishnowsky — 43.3 yards per punt · 7 punts · 55 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
51%183 carriesFumble rate
2.4%5 of 210 carries · 5 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.7 yds/carry on 210 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 51% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 19-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 99.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 197 | 8.1 | 1.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 119 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 186 | 7.7 | 1.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
40.1%
398 pass / 594 run
Plays / game
76.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
More touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Utah, 1,884 rushing yards — drafted at #121 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
His career
Where he ended up · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
