Player Dossier

2016-2021

Louisiana

Jalen Williams

WR • 6'3" • 218 lbs • Opelousas, LA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Louisiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
LSU • Louisiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Jalen Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Opelousas, LA wearing No. 18, spending time with LSU and Louisiana. The clearest part of Jalen Williams' career was his receiving...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8417

St. Francis · La Canada Flintridge, CA

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Jalen Williams, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Louisiana. Jalen Williams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
886
Receptions
59
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Jalen Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana · WR
Career Receiving Yards
886
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 30 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Louisiana
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Francis · Utah
High school pipeline
St. Francis · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 18 · Senior
2021 Receiving yards rank
191 receiving yards · WR 487th (top 48%) · Sun Belt 50th (top 32%) · National 653rd (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonLSU0-00-
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana0-00-
2018 Regular SeasonLouisiana3556041.1
2019 PostseasonLouisiana9340068.1
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana918239168.1
2020 PostseasonLouisiana10115168.8
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana1019345368.8
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana813191147.7

Related Context

Jalen Williams played WR for LSU and Louisiana. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jalen Williams recorded 16 passing yards, 886 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Louisiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Louisiana paired 360 primary output with 86.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Louisiana.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Regular Season · Louisiana

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

23.9

Efficiency

70

Usage

8.4

Consistency

39.7

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 71. Ohio: 19. Georgia Southern: 19. App State: 0. Texas State: 3. Georgia State: 51. Liberty: 23. UL Monroe: 5

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. Texas: 5 by 94.7. Ohio: 3 by 42.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 100. Texas State: 1 by 20. Georgia State: 1 by 100. Liberty: 1 by 100. UL Monroe: 1 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins17.1 · Games = 7 · -53.9 vs Losses
Losses71 · Games = 1 · +53.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

100 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 11/27vs UL MonroeW 21-16155505
Sat 11/20@ LibertyW 42-141232323023
Thu 11/4vs Georgia StateW 21-171515151051
Sat 10/30vs Texas StateW 45-0133313
Tue 10/12vs App StateW 41-13
Sat 9/25@ Georgia SouthernW 28-201191919019
Fri 9/17vs OhioW 49-143196.36.30012
Sat 9/4@ TexasL 18-3857114.214.20026

Player Story

Jalen Williams story

Jalen Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Opelousas, LA wearing No. 18, spending time with LSU and Louisiana. The clearest part of Jalen Williams' career was his receiving role: 59 catches, 886 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 passing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalen Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    LSU

    2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana

    2017-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonLSU0
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana00
2018 Regular SeasonLouisiana5668.112.856
2019 PostseasonLouisiana27981.411.9223
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana27981.411.90
2020 PostseasonLouisiana36086.313.781
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana36086.313.70
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana191708.4-169

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 7 · L 27-30 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

89

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Texas State

Week 10 · W 31-3 · Conference game

50

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs South Alabama

Week 12 · W 48-38 · Conference game

38

Receiving Yards

87.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

38 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 1 · L 18-38

71

Receiving Yards

84.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

71 receiving yards with a 94.7 efficiency score.

#5

@ Texas State

Week 9 · W 44-34 · Conference game

85

Receiving Yards

80.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Louisiana

360 primary output · 86.3 efficiency · 13.7 usage

68.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Louisiana

68.8

360 primary · 86.3 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Louisiana

68.1

279 primary · 81.4 efficiency · 11.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games