Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2024LSU
Josh Williams
RB • 5'9" • 195 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Josh Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
54
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Josh Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 27, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Josh Williams' career was his backfield work: 1,465...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Josh Williams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · LSU. Josh Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,065
- Rushing yards
- 1,465
- Receiving yards
- 600
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Josh Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,065
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 48 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · LSU
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · The Kinkaid School · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Ryan · 45 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 745 scrimmage yards · RB 124th (top 18%) · SEC 34th (top 11%) · National 248th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 3 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | LSU | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 9 | 84 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 11 | 668 | 536 | 132 | 6 | 65.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 12 | 73 | 51 | 22 | 0 | 56.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 405 | 233 | 172 | 6 | 56.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | LSU | 13 | 56 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 66.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 13 | 689 | 440 | 249 | 5 | 66.7 |
Related Context
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Josh Williams played RB for LSU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josh Williams recorded 1,465 rushing yards, 600 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
LSU paired 745 primary output with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 151 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · LSU
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
57.3
Efficiency
46.3
Usage
20.8
Consistency
61.3
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 56. USC: 36. Nicholls: 19. South Carolina: 35. UCLA: 62. South Alabama: 55. Ole Miss: 77. Arkansas: 29. Texas A&M: 31. Alabama: 47. Florida: 100. Vanderbilt: 151. Oklahoma: 47
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 11 by 50.4. USC: 10 by 37.9. Nicholls: 4 by 49.5. South Carolina: 12 by 24.7. UCLA: 13 by 49.7. South Alabama: 6 by 78.2. Ole Miss: 12 by 50.3. Arkansas: 6 by 42.6. Texas A&M: 9 by 34.9. Alabama: 12 by 25.7. Florida: 17 by 57.7. Vanderbilt: 18 by 75.1. Oklahoma: 18 by 25.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins59 · Games = 9 · +5.5 vs Losses
Losses53.5 · Games = 4 · -5.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
78.2 vs South Alabama
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | vs Baylor | W 44-31 | 9 | 42 | 4.70 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5.1 |
| Sun 12/1 | vs Oklahoma | W 37-17 | 13 | 31 | 2.40 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 2.6 |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Vanderbilt150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TD | W 24-17 | 14 | 90 | 6.40 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 8.4 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Florida | L 16-27 | 13 | 69 | 5.30 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 5.9 |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Alabama | L 13-42 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 3.9 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Texas A&M | L 23-38 | 7 | 23 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Arkansas | W 34-10 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Ole Miss | W 29-26 | 9 | 34 | 3.80 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 6.4 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs South Alabama | W 42-10 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9.2 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs UCLA | W 34-17 | 13 | 62 | 4.80 | 1 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/14 | @ South Carolina | W 36-33 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2.9 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Nicholls | W 44-21 | 4 | 19 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sun 9/1 | vs USC | L 20-27 | 9 | 33 | 3.70 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
Player Story
Josh Williams story
Josh Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 27, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Josh Williams' career was his backfield work: 1,465 rushing yards, 306 carries, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 600 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with LSU. 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 600 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 57 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Josh 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
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LSU
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202120222023202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 58 | 31.7 | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2021 Postseason | LSU | 116 | 47.8 | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 116 | 47.8 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 668 | 54.4 | 17.9 | 552 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 478 | 62.1 | 10.8 | -190 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 478 | 62.1 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | LSU | 745 | 46.3 | 20.8 | 267 |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 745 | 46.3 | 20.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Vanderbilt
Week 13 · W 24-17 · Conference game
Win with 151 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
151
Scrimmage Yards
88.5 takeover
151 scrimmage yards and 31.6 usage.
#2
@ Arkansas
Week 11 · W 13-10 · Conference game
131
Scrimmage Yards
88.1 takeover
Win with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
131 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.
#3
@ Florida
Week 7 · W 45-35 · Conference game
114
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
114 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason
73
Scrimmage Yards
73.6 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 26.8 usage.
#5
vs Ole Miss
Week 8 · W 45-20 · Conference game
101
Scrimmage Yards
69.7 takeover
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
101 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · LSU
745 primary output · 46.3 efficiency · 20.8 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · LSU
66.7
745 primary · 46.3 efficiency · 20.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · LSU
65.3
668 primary · 54.4 efficiency · 17.9 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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