Nick Williams

#10 · WR · Sr. · UNLV6′4″ · 220 lb · Aurora, CO

Nick Williams: WR · UNLV · #10.

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Nick Williams

WR · UNLV · Sr · #10

Moves the chains on third down. One game to point at: 94 receiving yards and 4 receptions against San Diego State — Week 10, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

UNLV in the news

Mullen criticizes NCAA eligibility rulingLas Vegas Review-Journal Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	UNLV	28	435	15.5	2	70
Career		28	435	15.5	2	70

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-20@ California	2	14	7.0	0	10
Wk 3	W 58-27vs North Texas	2	59	29.5	0	30
Wk 4	W 34-24@ Utah State	3	53	17.7	0	29
Wk 5	W 31-20vs New Mexico	2	32	16.0	0	22
Wk 6	L 7-40@ San José State	3	25	8.3	0	16
Wk 8	L 21-44@ Notre Dame	4	47	11.8	0	26
Wk 10	L 10-14@ San Diego State	4	94	23.5	1	70	Season-high 94 yds
Wk 11	L 30-37vs Fresno State	3	27	9.0	0	13
Wk 13	W 27-22vs Nevada	5	84	16.8	1	30
Total		28	435	15.5	2	70

Signature game

Week 10 · 2022

L 10-14

at San Diego State

4 rec · 94 yds · 1 TD

With M. Nichols — 41.4 yards per punt · 7 punts · 2 inside the 20 · D. Brumfield — 207 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 15.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.69Doug Brumfield pass complete to Nick Williams for 70 yds for a TD, (Daniel Gutierrez KICK)
Week 6 · San José State · 4th and 6 · Q2 · EPA −3.87Cameron Friel pass complete to Nick Williams for 5 yds to the SJSt 1
Week 4 · Utah State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.38D.Brumfield pass middle complete to UNLV 10. Catch made by N.Williams at UNLV 10. Gain of 29 yards. Tackled by M.Anyanwu at UNLV 39.
Week 10 · San Diego State · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Doug Brumfield pass complete to Nick Williams for 15 yds to the SDSt 40 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Doug Brumfield pass complete to Nick Williams for 30 yds to the UNLV 37 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.07Doug Brumfield pass complete to Nick Williams for 29 yds to the NoTex 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · San José State · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Cameron Friel pass complete to Nick Williams for 16 yds to the UNLV 44 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.99Doug Brumfield pass complete to Nick Williams for 10 yds to the UNLV 39 for a
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.97Harrison Bailey pass complete to Nick Williams for 15 yds to the UNLV 42 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.89Doug Brumfield pass complete to Nick Williams for 22 yds Nick Williams fumbled, recovered by NMex Jerrick Reed II

Teams and coaches

2022UNLV5-7HC: Marcus Arroyo · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 42 (#285 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

42Rotational starter #285 of 488 · 2022?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (91st percentile). Strength: long catch (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#58 / 636 · 91st pct

23.5%

Catch rate#167 / 636 · 74th pct

85.3%

Yards / catch#199 / 636 · 69th pct

13.7

EPA / target#233 / 636 · 63rd pct

0.79

TD rate#337 / 636 · 47th pct

5.9%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#84 / 550 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#135 / 550 · 75th pct

15.5

Rec yards#261 / 550 · 53rd pct

435

Receptions#306 / 550 · 44th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	50.5	17.8	0.2
Road5g	3.2	46.6	13.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	36.6	15.7	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	63.0	15.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Marcus Arroyo

Pass share

47.4%

361 pass / 400 run

Plays / game

63.4

12 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

368 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

28 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

42 · #285 of 488 WRs · 2022

Nick Williams

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Style of play

Fans

UNLV in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

28 catches in 9 games

2022 season at UNLV, 9 games