Joseph Williams

#8 · WR · Colorado6′2″ · 200 lb · Arlington, TX · Mansfield Summit

Receiving yards73216th of 467 receivers Last gameW 27–24vs Kansas State · Oct 31

Nextat Arizona StateSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

This week

RecordColorado is 3-5.
Fans after Oklahoma State
Joseph Williams YOU are playing on Sundays
Colorado fan
Next gameat Arizona State · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

5 stories in the last 30 days, from 3 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Colorado's Joseph Williams joins rare company, eyes national award

Yahoo Sports Oct 28

All 13 stories this season

Worth knowing

Joseph Williams spent one season at Tulsa before joining Colorado.

His most important play this season

Q4, 11:04 · Colorado down 7, ties itIsaac Wilson finds Joseph Williams for a 17-yard touchdownColorado at Baylor, week 4Q4, 11:04 · Colorado 13, Baylor 1395Capped a 95-yard drive95Capped a 95-yard driveCapped a 95-yard driveI.Wilson pass complete short right to J.Williams caught at BAYLOR02, for 17 yards to the BAYLOR00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

All 5 of his plays on video

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 8, middle 6, right 17.

Joseph Williams

WR · Colorado · #8

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Kevin Wilson and Deion Sanders. The first career honor came in 2024: AAC Rookie of the Year. On tape: 135 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Oklahoma State, Week 8, 2026.

732 receiving yards · 51 catches · 5 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Rashard HigginsColorado State · 2015 · 86% season match
Chad HansenCalifornia · 2016 · 84% season match
Zach PascalOld Dominion · 2015 · 84% season match
Coy EakinTexas Tech · 2025 · 80% season match
Jeremy ScottSouth Alabama · 2025 · 76% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Colorado	51	732	14.4	5	63
2025	Colorado	37	489	13.2	4	47
2024	Tulsa	30	588	19.6	5	72
Career		118	1,809	15.3	14	72

Season	Team
2026	Colorado	1	6
2025	Colorado	--	--
2024	Tulsa	1	6
Career		2	12

Last game (Wk 9): 89 receiving yards, 5 catches.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 14-13@ Georgia Tech	2	23	11.5	0	16
Wk 2	W 52-21vs Weber State	4	123	30.8	2	63	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 7-41@ Northwestern	5	88	17.6	1	50
Wk 4	L 13-23@ Baylor	11	127	11.5	1	27
Wk 5	L 7-29vs No. 12 Texas Tech	10	93	9.3	1	20
Wk 7	L 24-27vs No. 11 Utah	5	54	10.8	0	15
Wk 8	L 24-57@ Oklahoma State	9	135	15.0	0	36	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 9	W 27-24vs Kansas State	5	89	17.8	0	38
Total		51	732	14.4	5	63

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 27-24 vs Kansas State, play by play

5 catches for 89 yards.

5 of 6 targets caught
3 moved the chains
1 of 1 on 3rd and 4th down
1 broken up (M. Mason)
6 of 20 Colorado passes came his way

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
1st & 1024 1st down
Second quarterbegan up 7-0
1st & 156
Third quarterbegan tied 7-7
1st & 10broken up
1st & 109
1st & 1012 1st down
3rd & 638 1st down1
FinalW 27-24

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
38-yard catch on 3rd and 6. Third quarter, tied 14-14. Converted.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 5 · 2026

L 7-29

vs Texas Tech

10 rec · 93 yds · 1 TD

With I. Wilson — 290 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 54.7 · 42 rush yds (17 car) · D. Greaves — 45.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Weber State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.12Lewis to Williams: a 63-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Northwestern · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +4.34Lewis to Williams: a 50-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −4.20J.Williams pass intercepted by B.Pollock at COLO31, End Of Play. The previous play is under automatic review - "Interception". CALL UPHELD
Week 9 · Kansas State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.93Wilson to Williams: a 38-yard pass.
Week 2 · Weber State · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.74Lewis to Williams: a 32-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Williams to Farrakhan Jr.: a 49-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.30J.Lewis pass complete short left to J.Williams caught at GT 47, for 16 yards to the GT 43 (D.White)
Week 4 · Baylor · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Wilson to Williams: a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Wilson to Williams: a 36-yard pass.
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Wilson to Williams: an 8-yard touchdown pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards73216thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions51tied for 17thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch14.4tied for 153rdAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs5tied for 35thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch63tied for 82ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush yards6tied for 137thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

16th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches512nd in the Big 12 this season.

Receiving yards7323rd in the Big 12 this season; 36th among current FBS players over the whole career (1,809).

Receiving touchdowns5tied for 8th in the Big 12 this season; tied for 27th among current FBS players over the whole career (14).

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -1 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

51 rec · 732 yds · 5 TD

51 of 51 receptions matched to play-by-play

79 of 79 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

7932% of team targets

Catch rate

65%51 of 79 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

19% of targets (15)

93%catch rate

Air -8.0 · YAC 18.4 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

38% of targets (30)

57%catch rate

Air 5.3 · YAC 5.6 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

30% of targets (24)

67%catch rate

Air 13.5 · YAC 4.6 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of targets (10)

40%catch rate

Air 27.5 · YAC 3.0 avg

65% catch rate on 79 targets · 32% of the team's targets · 40% catch rate on 10 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2024Tulsa3-9HC: Kevin Wilson · Balanced

2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning

2026Colorado3-5HC: Deion Sanders · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 86 (#17 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

86All-Conference level #17 of 465?

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (80th percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#113 / 569 · 80th pct

16.5%

Yards / catch#144 / 569 · 75th pct

14.7

EPA / target#149 / 569 · 74th pct

0.60

TD rate#180 / 569 · 68th pct

6.3%

Catch rate#305 / 569 · 46th pct

64.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#16 / 468 · 97th pct

732

Receptions#17 / 468 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#35 / 468 · 90th pct

Long catch#82 / 468 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#153 / 468 · 67th pct

14.4

Rush TDs#32 / 212 · 43rd pct

Rush yards#137 / 212 · 33rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

68th → 80th percentile

Catch rate

32nd → 46th percentile

TD rate

85th → 68th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 75th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	6.0	89.8	17.2	0.8
Road4g	6.8	93.2	13.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	84.7	15.2	0.8
Weeks 8+2g	7.0	112	16.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Pass share

48.2%

264 pass / 284 run

Plays / game

68.5

8 games

Team sack rate

6.4%

298 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

51 catches, 3 pass attempts and 1 carry in 8 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-2% reception volume, top-4% overall receiving production.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

86 · #17 of 465 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.

Starter

The No. 1,388 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Big 12.

Joseph Williams

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

Three seasons, two schools

2024 7 games

Joseph Williams

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

31% of the catches, 36% of the yards, 38% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

Three seasons, two schools

2024 7 games