Ke'Shawn Williams

Former wide receiver at Indiana. 2024: 39 catches, 448 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Indiana · Sr. · #5

5′9″ · 190 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 49 · #201 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceIndiana 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1853 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Indiana. 2024: 39 catches, 448 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 1,833 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Armwood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1853 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Tom Allen

Indiana

2024

Curt Cignetti

Indiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #201 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#135 / 610 · 78th pct

9.8%

Catch rate#222 / 610 · 64th pct

92.7%

EPA / target#303 / 610 · 50th pct

0.88

Yards / catch#365 / 610 · 40th pct

11.3

Explosive rate#502 / 610 · 18th pct

7.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#101 / 541 · 78th pct

Rush yards#84 / 299 · 72nd pct

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Rec yards#236 / 541 · 56th pct

448

Long catch#229 / 541 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#390 / 541 · 28th pct

11.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

40th → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 18th percentile

Catch rate

80th → 64th percentile

TD rate

8th → 78th percentile

Yards / catch

27th → 40th 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	27.6	7.9	0.3
Road5g	4.0	51.0	11.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	38.0	11.9	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	36.7	7.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #201 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #201 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Indiana	39	448	11.5	5	--
2023	Wake Forest	38	384	10.1	1	--
2022	Wake Forest	39	553	14.2	1	--
2021	Wake Forest	27	404	15.0	3	--
2020	Wake Forest	3	44	14.7	0	--
Career		146	1,833	12.6	10	--

Season	Team
2024	Indiana	2	27	25	36	--
2023	Wake Forest	3	29	187	--	--
2022	Wake Forest	--	--	240	--	--
2021	Wake Forest	--	--	150	36	--
2020	Wake Forest	--	--	82	--	--
Career		5	56	684	72	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 20–15

vs Michigan

6 rec · 70 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With K. Rourke — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 44.3 · -28 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Northwestern · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.53Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 52 yds to the NU 10 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Purdue · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.20Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 14 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 3 · UCLA · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 14 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 3 · UCLA · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 3 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 4 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Ke'Shawn Williams 19 Yd pass from Kurtis Rourke (Nicolas Radicic Kick)
Week 6 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 13 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 10 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.43Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 38 yds to the MSU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Purdue · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.91Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 17 yds to the PUR 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Michigan · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.86Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 9 yds to the IU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UCLA · 1&20 · Q4 · EPA +1.78Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ke'Shawn Williams for 14 yds to the IU 44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 77-3vs Western Illinois	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 3	W 42-13@ UCLA	3	31	10.3	2	14	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 52-14vs Charlotte	4	46	11.5	1	19
Wk 5	W 42-28vs Maryland	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Northwestern	4	87	21.8	1	52	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 8	W 56-7vs Nebraska	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
Wk 9	W 31-17vs Washington	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 10	W 47-10@ Michigan State	6	86	14.3	0	38
Wk 11	W 20-15vs Michigan	6	70	11.7	0	26
Wk 13	L 15-38@ Ohio State	2	6	3.0	0	6
Wk 14	W 66-0vs Purdue	5	56	11.2	1	17
Bowl	L 17-27@ Notre Dame	5	45	9.0	0	16
Total		39	448	9.5	5	52

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ke'Shawn Williams

2019

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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