Emory Williams (American football)
| Miami Hurricanes – No. 17 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Milton, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Milton High School |
Emory Williams is an American college football quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes.
Early life
[edit]Williams was born in Milton, Florida, where he attended Milton High School. In Williams' junior season in high school, he completed 63% of his passing attempts for 2,168 yards and 16 touchdowns with three interceptions, while also adding four touchdowns on the ground.[1] In Williams senior season he would complete 161 of his 257 pass attempts for 2,049 yards and 21 touchdowns with just four interceptions.[2] Williams would decide to commit to play college football at the University of Miami.[3][4]
College career
[edit]Williams entered the 2023 season as the Hurricanes third string quarterback.[5] In week one of the 2023 season, Williams would make his college debut where he completed all three of his passes for 42 yards in a win over Miami (Ohio).[6] In week three, Williams would go nine for eleven on his pass attempts for 102 yards, as he helped Miami beat Bethune-Cookman.[7] After Miami's game versus Bethune-Cookman, Williams would assume the role as the team's backup quarterback.[8] Williams would be named the team's starting quarterback for their week eight matchup versus Clemson after starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke was ruled out with an injury.[9] In their matchup against Clemson, Williams would complete 24 of his 33 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown, with an interception, as he would help the Hurricanes beat Clemson in double overtime 28-20.[10]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Miami Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 1−1 | 44 | 71 | 62.0 | 470 | 6.6 | 3 | 1 | 128.7 | 7 | -17 | -2.4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0−0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 161 | 13.4 | 1 | 0 | 231.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Career[11] | 6 | 2 | 1−1 | 55 | 83 | 66.3 | 631 | 7.6 | 4 | 1 | 143.6 | 7 | -17 | -2.4 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Bernadeau, Patrick (June 20, 2022). "Recruiting: 2023 Milton quarterback Emory Williams commits to Miami". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Taylor, G. Allan. "'Am I getting punked?' Miami hopes QB commit Emory Williams is just scratching the surface". The Athletic. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Brian (December 21, 2022). "Miami Hurricanes Signed Elite 11 Quarterback Emory Williams". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Miller Degnan, Susan. "Miami's soon-to-be QB grew up one of seven boisterous brothers. He'll fit in fine at UM". Miami Herald. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Adam (August 8, 2023). "Hurricanes freshman quarterback Emory Williams making strong first impression". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Davis, Spenser (September 2, 2023). "Mario Cristobal shares reasoning behind Emory Williams getting backup QB reps". Saturday Road. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Adam (September 18, 2023). "Jacurri Brown, Emory Williams battle for UM's backup QB spot". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Miller Degnan, Susan. "Miami's Shannon Dawson delves more into Emory Williams, Jacurri Brown backup QB scenario". Miami Herald. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Reynolds, Tim (October 22, 2023). "UM's Emory Williams rallies Hurricanes past Clemson". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Miller Degnan, Susan (October 22, 2023). "Freshman QB Emory Williams leads Miami to double-OT victory over Clemson in first start". Miami Herald. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ "Emory Williams College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.