Draft Note by John Paulsen
Williams is the boom-bust archetype at its purest. His ESPN YAC score is 97th percentile and his PFF YAC per reception is 94th percentile–when he gets the ball, he's among the most electric playmakers in the league. Add a 86th-percentile contested catch rate and an 83rd-percentile avoided tackle rate, and you have a receiver who creates significant plays after contact at an elite level. In 17 games last season he put up 65 receptions for 1,117 yards and seven touchdowns–WR11 overall, WR18 per game at 11.1 points–and his 2024 per-game average was a bit better (12.6). He's going as the WR23, and the upside is a legitimate WR1 finish if anything were to happen to Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Jameson Williams
- WR
- , Detroit Lions
- 25
- 180 lbs
- 6' 1"
- Alabama
- 54
- 2
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2026 Draft note
Williams is the boom-bust archetype at its purest. His ESPN YAC score is 97th percentile and his PFF YAC per reception is 94th percentile–when he gets the ball, he's among the most electric playmakers in the league. Add a 86th-percentile contested catch rate and an 83rd-percentile avoided tackle rate, and you have a receiver who creates significant plays after contact at an elite level. In 17 games last season he put up 65 receptions for 1,117 yards and seven touchdowns–WR11 overall, WR18 per game at 11.1 points–and his 2024 per-game average was a bit better (12.6). He's going as the WR23, and the upside is a legitimate WR1 finish if anything were to happen to Amon-Ra St. Brown.
2026 Strength of Schedule - DET
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 NO | 6 @BUF | 19 NYJ | 11 @CAR | 5 @ARI | BYE | 20 GB | 1 MIN | 27 @MIA | 22 NE | 16 TB | 31 CHI | 30 @ATL | 28 TEN | 1 @MIN | 17 NYG | 31 @CHI | 20 @GB |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @GB | 4 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5.75 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2.6 | 4.60 | 6.6 | 65/67 | 97.0% |
| 2 | CHI | 2 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.8 | 17.80 | 18.8 | 52/59 | 88.1% |
| 3 | @BAL | 2 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | 5.30 | 6.3 | 62/68 | 91.2% |
| 4 | CLE | 2 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 20.00 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -3.00 | 3.7 | 4.70 | 5.7 | 51/60 | 85.0% |
| 5 | @CIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 1.50 | 2.0 | 51/62 | 82.3% |
| 6 | @KC | 6 | 66 | 1 | 7 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.6 | 15.60 | 18.6 | 46/54 | 85.2% |
| 7 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 58/68 | 85.3% |
| 8 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | MIN | 4 | 66 | 1 | 6 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.6 | 14.60 | 16.6 | 58/64 | 90.6% |
| 10 | @WAS | 6 | 119 | 1 | 7 | 19.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.9 | 20.90 | 23.9 | 61/70 | 87.1% |
| 11 | @PHI | 4 | 88 | 1 | 7 | 22.00 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 15.7 | 17.70 | 19.7 | 56/59 | 94.9% |
| 12 | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 66/68 | 97.1% |
| 13 | GB | 7 | 144 | 1 | 10 | 20.57 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -5.00 | 19.9 | 23.40 | 26.9 | 59/63 | 93.7% |
| 14 | DAL | 7 | 96 | 0 | 9 | 13.71 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 10.3 | 13.80 | 17.3 | 57/62 | 91.9% |
| 15 | @LAR | 7 | 134 | 1 | 10 | 19.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.4 | 22.90 | 26.4 | 58/64 | 90.6% |
| 16 | PIT | 5 | 70 | 0 | 9 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 9.50 | 12.0 | 70/74 | 94.6% |
| 17 | @MIN | 2 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 18.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | 4.70 | 5.7 | 53/64 | 82.8% |
| 18 | @CHI | 6 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 12.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.4 | 10.40 | 13.4 | 69/73 | 94.5% |
| Per game | 3.82 | 65.71 | 0.41 | 6.00 | 17.18 | 0.35 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 9.11 | 11.02 | 12.94 | 58.35/64.65 | 90.12% | |
| Totals | 65 | 1117 | 7 | 102 | 17.18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 154.9 | 187.4 | 219.9 | 992/1099 | 90.12% | |
