Isaiah Williams
Photo: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons2

Sports / NFL / New York Jets

Isaiah Williams

Wide Receiver, New York Jets · #18.

Player facts

Team
New York Jets
Position
Wide Receiver
Number
18
Born
Jan 29, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace
St. Louis, MO, USA
Height
5' 10"
Weight
185 lbs
College
Illinois
Experience
3 seasons
Status
Active

Stats

2026 Offense

RECTGTSYDSAVGTDLNGFDCARYDSAVGTDLNGFUMLST
Regular Season111515113.715842178.501420
Last 5 Games111415117.215842178.501420
Career39543509.01581455110.202531

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

Plays EPA/playSuccessCPOELeague rank
Receiving14 targets+0.5257%fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

ReceivingRushingFumbles
DateOpponentResultRECTGTSYDSAVGTDLNGFDCARYDSAVGTDLNGFUMLST
vs CLEW 17-12121616.00160133.00300
@ CHIL 23-12237336.51582000.00000
@ DETL 31-24122121.00211000.00000
vs GBL 20-17 OT66345.709011414.001420
@ TENW 23-101177.0071000.00000

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Isaiah Williams (born January 29, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, where he was a first-team All-Big Ten selection.

From Wikipedia’s article on Isaiah Williams (wide receiver, born 2001), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1

Background

Early life

Williams attended Trinity Catholic High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He played quarterback in high school. Williams was the Missouri Gatorade Football Player of the Year both his junior and senior seasons. He played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Game. He committed to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to play college football.

College career

Williams played quarterback his first two years at Illinois in 2019 and 2020. He played in four games his first season and took a redshirt. As a redshirt freshman in 2020, he started four games and played in one other. In his first career start, he rushed for 192 yards, which was a school record for quarterbacks. Overall for the season, he completed 26 of 63 passes for 393 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions and rushed for 389 yards with a touchdown.

Prior to the 2021 season, Williams was switched to wide receiver. In his first year as a receiver, he led the team with 47 receptions for 525 yards and four touchdowns. He started all 13 games in 2022 and again led the team with 82 receptions for 715 yards and five touchdowns.

From Wikipedia’s article on Isaiah Williams (wide receiver, born 2001), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1

Jets’ next games

Full schedule.

Recent results

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Isaiah Williams