Biography
2015: Named to Empire 8 Conference First Team … Hartwick Phil Rigano trophy winner ... four-time E8 honoree … Played in D3 Senior Classic in Myrtle Beach, SC ... 1,243 yards receiving … seven touchdown catches … made season-high 12 catches for 240 yards and two scores against Cortland (10/3) … 11 catches and season-high 255 yards and one score versus Ithaca (10/10) … ranked ninth in Division III football in reception yards per game with an average of 124.3 … also tenth nationally in yards per reception (22.60) … became all-time Hartwick leader in both receptions (197) and reception yards (3,757) … fourth in all-purpose yards (5,236), seventh in touchdown catches (29), eighth in scoring (188) and ninth in total touchdowns (31) in the ’Wick record books ... selected to the Empire 8 Spring 2016 President's List.
2014: Received Empire 8 Conference Honorable Mention … named Team Most Valuable Player … team leader in receptions (47), receiving yards (926), touchdown catches (8), punt returns (4), punt return yards (40), all-purpose yards (1,009), and second in scoring (50) … ranked second in the Empire 8 in reception yards per game (102.9) … twenty-sixth in the country in the category … tied for fifth in the league in touchdown catches … three games with over 150 yards receiving … season high 255 yards with three touchdowns on 13 receptions in win over W. Conn. St. (9/6) … 207 yards on nine catches to go along with three touchdowns against Alfred (10/4) … ranks in the Hartwick all-time top 10 in receptions (142), receptions yards (2,514), touchdown catches (22), points scored (146), total touchdowns (22), all-purpose yards (3,962), punt return yards (234), kick return yards (1,168), and kick returns yards for touchdown (1).
2013: Named an Empire 8 Second Team wide receiver and earned Honorable Mention as an all-purpose player for second straight season ... Hartwick’s top receiver and kick returner ... recorded team-high in receptions (56) … tied for team lead in reception yards (733) … seven touchdown catches ranked second on the team and tied for second in the E8 ... made 24 kick returns for 696 yards ... returned 18 punts for 190 yards … gained 1,414 all-purpose yards … 78.3 reception yards per game ranked tied for fifth ... third in the conference in receptions ... gained over 100 receiving yards four times ... had 12 catches for 146 yards and returned seven kicks for 150 yards against Buffalo State …one rushing touchdown and receiving touchdown versus St. John Fisher … named E8 Special Teams Player of the Week after he had three punt returns for 57 yards and four kick returns for 84 against the Cardinals … received the same honor after returning four punts for 47 yards and averaging 11.8 yards per return while also recovering an onside kick in a 21-10 ’Wick victory over Utica (11/16) … earned the same recognition from the ECAC … finished season ranked eighth in all-purpose yards (2,953), ninth in punt return yards (194), and fifth in kickoff return yards (1,133).
2012: Named an Empire 8 Second Team wide receiver ... also earned Empire 8 Honorable Mention as an all-purpose player ... Hartwick’s top receiver and kick returner ... recorded team-high in receptions (39), reception yards (805), and touchdown catches (7) ... made 36 kick returns for 696 yards ... gained 1,539 all-purpose yards ... seven receiving touchdowns ranked tied for second in conference ... 80.5 reception yards per game ranked third ... tied for seventh in the conference in receptions ... gained over 100 receiving yards three times ... registered two longest plays of the year for Wick ... 84-yard touchdown reception versus Morrisville (9/8) ... 80-yard kick return for TD versus Becker (9/15).
Prior to Hartwick: Attended Hoosick Falls High School … lettered in football, basketball, and baseball for the Panthers … NYS Player of the Year in football (2012) … Class C Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012 … NYS All-Academic Team … scored four TDs in one game (rushing, receiving, punt return, and Interception Return).
Personal: Born September 19, 1994 … son of Jay and Brooke Williams … Sociology/Criminal Justice major at Hartwick.
