Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012UConn
Nick Williams
WR • 5'10" • East Windsor, NJ, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Nick Williams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Player Story
Nick Williams built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from East Windsor, NJ wearing No. 31, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Nick Williams' career was his return-game role:...
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- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Nick Williams, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · UConn. Nick Williams reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 588
- Receptions
- 43
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Nick Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 588
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · UConn
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Hun School · UConn
- High school pipeline
- Hun School · 51 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 334 receiving yards · WR 300th (top 34%) · Big East 27th (top 25%) · National 375th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2010 Postseason | UConn | 9 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2010 Regular Season | UConn | 9 | - | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| 2011 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 11 | 236 | 2 | 50.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 30 | 334 | 3 | 71.2 |
Related Context
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Nick Williams played WR for UConn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Williams recorded 43 rushing yards, 588 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
UConn paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 73.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2012 Regular Season · UConn
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
27.8
Efficiency
73.6
Usage
15.3
Consistency
60.1
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Massachusetts: 16. NC State: 59. Maryland: 0. Western Michigan: 26. Buffalo: 57. Rutgers: 24. Temple: 16. Syracuse: 19. South Florida: 48. Pittsburgh: 31. Louisville: 0. Cincinnati: 38
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. Massachusetts: 1 by 100. NC State: 3 by 100. Western Michigan: 4 by 43.3. Buffalo: 4 by 95. Rutgers: 2 by 80. Temple: 2 by 53.3. Syracuse: 3 by 42.2. South Florida: 6 by 53.3. Pittsburgh: 3 by 68.9. Cincinnati: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20.8 · Games = 5 · -12.1 vs Losses
Losses32.9 · Games = 7 · +12.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
100 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/1 | vs Cincinnati | L 17-34 | — | 2 | 38 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/24 | @ Louisville | W 23-20 | — | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Pittsburgh | W 24-17 | — | 3 | 31 | 9.5 | 10.30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ South Florida | L 6-13 | — | 6 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Syracuse | L 10-40 | — | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Temple | L 14-17 | — | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Rutgers | L 3-19 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Buffalo | W 24-17 | — | 4 | 57 | 10.6 | 14.30 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Western Michigan | L 24-30 | — | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Maryland | W 24-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs NC State | L 7-10 | — | 3 | 59 | 13.8 | 19.70 | 0 | 30 |
| Thu 8/30 | vs Massachusetts | W 37-0 | — | 1 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Player Story
Nick Williams story
Nick Williams built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from East Windsor, NJ wearing No. 31, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Nick Williams' career was his return-game role: 2,515 return yards and 4 return touchdowns across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with UConn. 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 43 rushing yards and 588 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UConn.
The arc is straightforward: Nick 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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UConn
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | UConn | 18 | 60 | 8.7 | — |
| 2010 Postseason | UConn | 0 | — | — | -18 |
| 2010 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | UConn | 236 | 74.3 | 9.2 | 236 |
| 2012 Regular Season | UConn | 334 | 73.6 | 15.3 | 98 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Buffalo
Week 5 · W 24-17
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57
Receiving Yards
93.5 takeover
57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.
#2
vs NC State
Week 2 · L 7-10
59
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Buffalo
Week 4 · W 17-3
113
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
113 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ South Florida
Week 10 · L 6-13 · Conference game
48
Receiving Yards
72.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
48 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Cincinnati
Week 14 · L 17-34 · Conference game
38
Receiving Yards
64.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
38 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · UConn
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2010 Regular Season · UConn
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · UConn
71.2
334 primary · 73.6 efficiency · 15.3 usage
Milestones
1
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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