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Kyren Williams

Running Back, Los Angeles Rams · #23.

Player facts

Team: Los Angeles Rams
Position: Running Back
Number: 23
Born: Aug 26, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO, USA
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 207 lbs
College: Notre Dame
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:

10th in rushing touchdowns 4

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	70	343	4.9	4	30	27	200	7.4	1	20	1	1
Last 5 Games	70	343	4.9	4	30	27	200	7.4	1	20	1	1
Career	908	4,177	4.6	40	56	138	945	6.8	9	30	11	8

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/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	80 carries	+0.02	42%		13th of 41
Receiving	39 targets	-0.10	46%		82nd of 94

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Mon, Oct 12	vs BUF	L 37-34 OT	16	49	3.1	1	12	6	27	4.5	0	9	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ PHI	W 24-20	16	80	5.0	2	23	10	67	6.7	0	16	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ DEN	L 30-26	15	88	5.9	0	30	6	70	11.7	0	20	0	0
Mon, Sep 21	vs NYG	W 28-6	12	85	7.1	0	20	2	12	6.0	1	10	1	1
Thu, Sep 10	vs SF	L 27-7	11	41	3.7	1	8	3	24	8.0	0	16	0	0

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

About

Kyren Lawrence Williams (born August 26, 2000) is an American professional football running back for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the Rams in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kyren Williams, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Williams grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended St. John Vianney High School. Williams rushed for 922 yards and 22 touchdowns and also had 51 receptions for 774 yards and 12 touchdowns in his junior season. As a senior, Williams rushed for 2,035 yards and 26 touchdowns caught 55 passes for 725 yards and 14 TDs in leading Vianney to an 11–3 record and the MSHSAA Class 5 State Championship. In the Class 5 final against Fort Osage, Williams ran for a state championship game-record 289 yards in the Golden Griffins' 28–14 victory and was later named the St. Louis Metro Area Offensive Player of the Year. He also recorded 92 tackles, eight tackles for loss, five sacks and eight interceptions on defense. Williams was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford and Wisconsin.

College career

Williams joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as an early enrollee. As a true freshman in 2019, he played in the first four games of the season before sitting the rest of the year in order to preserve an extra year of eligibility, rushing for 26 yards on four carries and catching one pass for three yards.

Williams was named Notre Dame's starting running back going into his sophomore year in 2020. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Running Back of the Week for the first week of the season after rushing 19 times for 112 yards and two touchdowns while also catching two passes for 93 yards. Williams finished the season with 1,125 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on 211 carries while also catching 35 passes for 313 yards and one touchdown and was named second-team All-ACC, the ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year, and the overall ACC Rookie of the Year.

Going into his junior season, Williams remained Notre Dame's starting running back. His biggest games came in the middle of the season when he had 25 carries for 138 yards and two touchdowns and six receptions for 42 yards in a 31–16 victory over USC, followed by 21 carries for 199 yards and a TD in a 44–34 win against North Carolina. Williams finished the season with 204 carries for 1,002 yards and 14 TDs with 42 receptions for 359 yards and three touchdowns. On December 10, 2021, Williams declared for the 2022 NFL draft and opted out of playing in the Fiesta Bowl.