Height: 6-8
Weight: 237
Position: F
College: Texas Tech
Age: 24
2021-2022 Season Stats
PPG: 14.1
RPG: 4.2
APG: 1.1
BLK: 0.4
STL: 0.5
Player Bio
Courtesy of Texas Tech Athletics
AWARDS
• All-Big 12 First Team (2022)
• Big 12 All-Newcomer Team (2022)
• NABC All-District First Team (2022)
• USBWA All-District First Team (2022)
• 2021 Conference USA Third Team
• 2021 NABC Second Team All-District
• 2020 NABC First Team All-District
• 2020 All-Conference USA First Team
• Conference USA Player of the Week (Feb. 3, 2020)
• Conference USA Player of the Week (Jan. 20, 2020)
• Conference USA Player of the Week (Dec. 9, 2019)
• C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
SUPER SENIOR SEASON (2021-22)
- Finished career with 2,149 points and 900 rebounds
- Led Tech with 14.1 points per game with 29 games in double figures
- Starter in all 37 games during the season
- Scored a season-high 33 points at Kansas in a double-overtime game where he was 14 of 19 from the field, including going 4-for-4 on 3-pointers
- Led Tech with 21 points against Duke in the Sweet 16 in his final game
- Averaged 16.1 points per game in Big 12 play
- Scored 20 or more points in six games
- Recorded a season-high nine rebounds in the win over Grambling
- Had 20 points and 8 of 10 shooting against Montana State in the NCAA Tournament First Round win after having 17 points against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship Final
- Finished the season shooting 204-for-381 (53.5 percent) and 40 of 96 (41.7 percent) on 3-pointers
- Had 14 blocked shots, 39 assists and 18 steals
- Earned All-Big 12 First Team, Big 12 All-Newcomer Team, NABC and USBWA All-District First Team honors
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Williams transferred to Texas Tech after playing at UTEP and Fresno State to begin his collegiate career
- Earned NABC All-District Second Team honors as a redshirt senior after earning NABC All-District First as a junior at UTEP
- Along with the All-District honors, Williams was named 2020 All-Conference USA First Team after being tabbed the Conference USA Player of the Week three times
- Posted three C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll on his resume
- Along with his 15.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, Williams had 12 blocked shots and shot 48.1 percent from the field last season where he started all 24 games for the Miners
- Made 19 3-pointers and was 61-for-73 from the free-throw line (83.6 percent)
- As a junior, Williams led UTEP with 17.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game during the 2019-20 season in 32 starts
- Shot 49.9 percent from the field and had 29 blocks and 28 steals defensively
- Williams scored a career-high 34 points against UTSA as a junior against UTSA and had 14 rebounds against Charlotte last season
- Before UTEP, Williams played two seasons at Fresno State where he averaged 14 points per game as a sophomore and earned 2018 All-Mountain West Third Team honors
- Williams recorded two double-doubles while playing for the Bulldogs and scored a season-high 30 points against Cal State Monterey Bay along with a 13-rebound game against CSU Bakersfield
- He started 58 games in his first two collegiate seasons at Fresno State
- Williams is the all-time leading scorer at Roosevelt High School (Fresno) where he finished his career with 2,302 points
- He averaged 34 points and 18 rebounds per game during his senior season before signing to play at Fresno State
- Williams arrived in Lubbock having played in 121 games and with 114 starts in his collegiate career where he is averaging 13.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
COLLEGIATE CAREER PATH
- 2016-17: Fresno State
- 2017-18: Fresno State
- 2018-19: Redshirt – UTEP
- 2019-20: UTEP
- 2020-21: UTEP
- 2021-22: Texas Tech
PERSONAL
Son of Denise Williams.