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Name: DJ Williams (Transfer from Murray State)
College: Southern Illinois
Number: 1
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 218
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2026
40 Low: 4.56 40 Time: 4.64 40 High: 4.73
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Data Scout Notes: Transfer from Murray State...2023: NAC...2022: NAC...P1stC...2021: ROYC/AllNewcomerTeam
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DJ Williams, Southern Illinois, Player News
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Quarterback DJ Williams ran for 128 yards on just 14 carries and scored three touchdowns and No. 14 FCS Southern Illinois beat UT Martin 37-10 on Saturday. Williams, who completed 13-of-18 passes for 217 yards, jumpstarted Southern Illinois (2-1) when he ran it from the 4 for the game's first score three-and-a-half minutes in. After a Skyhawks turnover, Williams threw a 56-yard touchdown to Fabian McCray for a 14-0 lead.UT Martin got on the board when Jase Bauer threw a 2-yard touchdown to Drake Martinez ending an 11-play, 69-yard drive that lasted almost six-and-a-half minutes. Paul Green made it 17-7 for the Salukis when he made a 28-yard field goal as time expired before halftime. After the break, Williams ran it in from the 13 early in the t hird and from the 12 late in the same quarter to make it 30-10. Chandler Chapman ended the scoring with a 44-yard touchdown run. Bauer completed 22 of 29 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown for UT Martin. The Skyhawks (0-3) entered having won 25 of thei r last 30 home games since 2019 including 18 of their last 21. - AP College Football
(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026  QB DJ Williams, Southern Illinois
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DJ Williams threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns and Southern Illinois trounced Division II Thomas More 49-3 on Saturday to open the season. Williams returned to action completing 17-for-23 passes. He threw touchdowns of 18, 17 and 17 yards to Jay Jo nes, Jackson Parker and Fabian McCray, respectively. Before that, Williams ran it in from the 10 on the game's opening drive which covered 69 yards in eight plays. Now a senior, his junior campaign came to an abrupt end last year due to a hand injury. Before the injury, Williams had thrown for 571 yards, four touchdowns and a pair of interceptions while carrying the ball 39 times for 242 (6.2-yards per carry) and four touchdowns. Defensively, David Obadein came up with a 5-yard pick-6, interceptin g Thomas More quarterback Griffin Scalf who was intending to find Demetrick Welch Jr. to his left. Obadein's scored made it 42-3 with 10:40 remaining. Quade Chatmon ran it in from the 3 to make it 49-3. Thomas More placekicker Luke Iden prevented the shu tout by connecting from 29 yards with 2:15 to left before halftime. - AP College Football
(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB DJ Williams, Southern Illinois
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2022 PRESEASON ALL-OHIO VALLEY FOOTBALL (COACHES): QB DJ Williams, Murray State,...Seven members of the Murray State football team were honored with Preseason All-OVC accolades the league office announced. At quarterback, Williams finished 2021 with 1,02 0 yards and three touchdowns through the air to go with 532 yards on 6.4 yards per carry and six touchdowns on the ground. - Murray State Football
(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB DJ Williams, Southern Illinois
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2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM: QB - DJ Williams, Murray State,...After taking over as starter halfway through the season, Williams finished with 1,020 yards and three touchdowns through the air to go with 532 yards on 6.4 yards-per-carry and six touchdowns on the ground. - Murray State Football
(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB DJ Williams, Southern Illinois
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2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): DJ Williams (QB), Murray State,...Williams started the season as Murray State's backup quarterback by was forced into duty in the fifth game of the season due to an injury to the starter. In tha t game against nationally-ranked UT Martin, Williams had 210 yards of total offense and a touchdown off the bench. The following week he earned his first career start at Southeast Missouri and helped the Racers overcome a 15-point second half deficit to win 32-31 and earn OVC Offensive Player of the Week honors. Williams accounted for 321 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in that win.In the team's second meeting of the season with SEMO (Nov. 13), Williams was named National Freshman of the Week by Stats Perform after tallying 296 yards of total offense and two touchdowns. In that game he scored on a 58-yard rush and added a 73-yard completion (the ninth-longest in program history). Williams finished the season with 1,020 passing yards and three touchdowns through the air while rushing for 532 yards (6.4 yards/carry) and six scores on the ground. Since the award was first bestowed in 2004, Williams is the second Murray State player to be named OVC Freshman of the Year, joining quarterb ack Jeff Ehrhardt (2007). He is the 12th quarterback to win the honor in 18 years. - Ohio Valley Conference Football
(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB DJ Williams, Southern Illinois
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