Player Dossier

2007-2010

Arkansas

D.J. Williams

TE • 6'2" • Little Rock, AR, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

D.J. Williams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

11

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arkansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Player Story

D.J. Williams built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a tight end from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 45, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of D.J. Williams' career was his receiving role: 149...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 10
Overall
No. 141
NFL Team
Green Bay Packers

D.J. Williams, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Arkansas. D.J. Williams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,831
Receptions
149
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

D.J. Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,831
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · Arkansas
Top game
South Carolina
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 5 · Pick 10 · Green Bay Packers
Latest roster
No. 45 · Class 2010
2010 Receiving yards rank
627 receiving yards · TE 5th (top 2%) · SEC 15th (top 9%) · National 124th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonArkansas5594051
2008 Regular SeasonArkansas1058699377.5
2009 PostseasonArkansas9112058
2009 Regular SeasonArkansas931399358
2010 PostseasonArkansas13538075.2
2010 Regular SeasonArkansas1349589475.2

Related Context

D.J. Williams played TE for Arkansas. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Williams recorded 1,831 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Arkansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

Arkansas paired 699 primary output with 70.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 94.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2007 Regular Season · Arkansas

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

18.8

Efficiency

94.7

Usage

7.5

Consistency

70.8

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Troy: 16. Kentucky: 24. North Texas: 28. Auburn: 14. LSU: 12

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 1 by 100. Kentucky: 1 by 100. North Texas: 1 by 100. Auburn: 1 by 93.3. LSU: 1 by 80

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins18.7 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses19 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Texas

Result
Fri 11/23@ LSUW 50-481121212012
Sat 10/13vs AuburnL 7-91141414014
Sat 9/29vs North TexasW 66-71282828028
Sat 9/22vs KentuckyL 29-421242424024
Sat 9/1vs TroyW 46-261161616016

Player Story

D.J. Williams story

D.J. Williams built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a tight end from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 45, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of D.J. Williams' career was his receiving role: 149 catches, 1,831 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Arkansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas.

The arc is straightforward: D.J. Williams moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Arkansas

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200720082009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonArkansas9494.77.5
2008 Regular SeasonArkansas69970.226.3605
2009 PostseasonArkansas41174.816.7-288
2009 Regular SeasonArkansas41174.816.70
2010 PostseasonArkansas62773.718.7216
2010 Regular SeasonArkansas62773.718.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Carolina

Week 10 · W 33-16 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

137

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

137 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Ole Miss

Week 9 · L 21-23 · Conference game

129

Receiving Yards

95.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

129 receiving yards with a 86 efficiency score.

#3

vs Tulsa

Week 10 · W 30-23

129

Receiving Yards

93.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

129 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Mississippi State

Week 12 · W 38-31 · Conference game

70

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ UL Monroe

Week 2 · W 28-27

124

Receiving Yards

90.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

124 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Arkansas

699 primary output · 70.2 efficiency · 26.3 usage

77.5

#2

2010 Postseason · Arkansas

75.2

627 primary · 73.7 efficiency · 18.7 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Arkansas

75.2

627 primary · 73.7 efficiency · 18.7 usage

Milestones

4

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games