Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kansas
Leshon Williams
RB • 5'10" • 215 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Leshon Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Iowa • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Leshon Williams built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Iowa and Kansas. The clearest part of Leshon Williams' career was his backfield...
Read the storyLeshon Williams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Iowa. Leshon Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,134
- Rushing yards
- 1,889
- Receiving yards
- 245
- Touchdowns
- 13
Quick Answers
Leshon Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,134
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Sprayberry · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 638 scrimmage yards · RB 153rd (top 21%) · Big 12 38th (top 12%) · National 322nd (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 3 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 30.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 30.4 |
| 2022 Postseason | Iowa | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 12 | 486 | 410 | 76 | 2 | 54.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa | 14 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 14 | 872 | 804 | 68 | 2 | 67.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 47 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 33 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 638 | 565 | 73 | 9 | 58.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Leshon Williams played RB for Iowa and Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Leshon Williams recorded 1,889 rushing yards, 245 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Iowa paired 889 primary output with 43.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with 168 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
58
Efficiency
53.6
Usage
17.9
Consistency
57.7
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 73. Missouri: 0. West Virginia: 168. Cincinnati: 64. UCF: 58. Texas Tech: 16. Kansas State: 5. Oklahoma State: 84. Arizona: 24. Iowa State: 42. Utah: 104
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 7 by 93.5. Missouri: 3 by 0. West Virginia: 20 by 77.4. Cincinnati: 10 by 66.7. UCF: 12 by 50.3. Texas Tech: 6 by 18.6. Kansas State: 2 by 26. Oklahoma State: 15 by 57.7. Arizona: 8 by 33. Iowa State: 4 by 93.8. Utah: 15 by 72.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins95.8 · Games = 4 · +59.3 vs Losses
Losses36.4 · Games = 7 · -59.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
93.8 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Utah100 rush yards | L 21-31 | 15 | 104 | 6.90 | 0 | — | — | 6.9 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa State | L 14-38 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 1 | — | — | 10.5 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arizona | L 20-24 | 7 | 23 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Oklahoma State | W 38-21 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Kansas State | L 17-42 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Texas Tech | L 17-42 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCF2+ TD | W 27-20 | 12 | 58 | 4.80 | 3 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Cincinnati | L 34-37 | 10 | 64 | 6.40 | 0 | — | — | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs West Virginia100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 41-10 | 19 | 129 | 6.80 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 8.4 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Missouri | L 31-42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Fresno State | W 31-7 | 6 | 57 | 9.50 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10.4 |
Player Story
Leshon Williams story
Leshon Williams built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Iowa and Kansas. The clearest part of Leshon Williams' career was his backfield work: 1,889 rushing yards, 416 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 245 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Kansas. 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. His career also includes 245 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa and Kansas.
The arc is straightforward: Leshon 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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Iowa
2020-2024
Opening stop
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Kansas
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 69 | 32.8 | 12.5 | 69 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 69 | 32.8 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Iowa | 491 | 36.4 | 22.9 | 422 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 491 | 36.4 | 22.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa | 889 | 43.3 | 27.6 | 398 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 889 | 43.3 | 27.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 47 | 25.6 | 8.4 | -842 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 638 | 53.6 | 17.9 | 591 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 93 West Virginia
Week 4 · W 41-10 · Conference game
Win with 168 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
92.5 takeover
168 scrimmage yards and 38.5 usage.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 3 · W 41-10
172
Scrimmage Yards
91 takeover
Win with 172 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
172 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.
#3
@ Wisconsin
Week 7 · W 15-6 · Conference game
174
Scrimmage Yards
90.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
174 scrimmage yards and 46.3 usage.
#4
vs South Dakota State
Week 1 · W 7-3
95
Scrimmage Yards
78 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
95 scrimmage yards and 55.3 usage.
#5
@ Rutgers
Week 4 · W 27-10 · Conference game
83
Scrimmage Yards
75.4 takeover
Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Iowa
889 primary output · 43.3 efficiency · 27.6 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Iowa
67.2
889 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 27.6 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
58.5
638 primary · 53.6 efficiency · 17.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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