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Jersey Number 4
Jarris Williams
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mobile, Ala.
- High School:
- Blount HS
2024 (Junior): Played in just one game before suffering a season-ending injury … Rushed two times for seven yards at Iowa
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games as a reserve running back and special teams contributor … Missed a month due to injury in October-November … Rushed 14 times for 69 yards and a touchdown … Bulk of yardage came in the opener where he rushed six times for 48 yards and a score against Stephen F. Austin … Four carries for 19 yards against Arkansas State … Averaged 4.33 yards after contact and forced six missed tackles … Played 84 special teams snaps in his 10 games, mainly on kickoff coverage team
2022 (RS-Freshman): Played in nine games, primarily on special teams … Offensively, rushed twice for four yards … Played 73 total snaps on special teams … Returned four kickoffs, all coming in the final three games of the season … Had a pair of returns in Troy's Cure Bowl victory over UTSA
2021 (Freshman): Did not see game action … Redshirted
High School: Rushed for 1,352 yards and 13 touchdowns on just 109 carries (12.4 YPC) as a senior at Blount High School … Also caught 12 passes for 228 yards and two scores … Rated as the No. 23 running back in the country by ESPN and the No. 12 player in the state of Alabama; a four-star recruit … 247 Sports Composite rates him as the No. 48 running back in the country and the No. 33 player in the state of Alabama … Three-star recruit by Rivals.com and the No. 41 player in the state of Alabama … Named a Preseason All-America candidate by Sports Illustrated … First team all-state selection as a junior after rushing for 1,632 yards and 16 touchdowns on just 189 carries (8.6 yards per carry) … Also caught 22 passes for 395 yards and two touchdowns … Helped lead Blount to the quarterfinals of the Alabama 6A Playoffs his junior year; lost to eventual state champion Spanish Fort by just 10 points … Williams scored both touchdowns for the Leopards in the game … Selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Also ran track for Blount
Personal: Full name is Jarris Anthony Williams … Son of Lashundra Covey and Jarris Williams Sr. … Born May 15, 2003, in Mobile, Ala. ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games as a reserve running back and special teams contributor … Missed a month due to injury in October-November … Rushed 14 times for 69 yards and a touchdown … Bulk of yardage came in the opener where he rushed six times for 48 yards and a score against Stephen F. Austin … Four carries for 19 yards against Arkansas State … Averaged 4.33 yards after contact and forced six missed tackles … Played 84 special teams snaps in his 10 games, mainly on kickoff coverage team
2022 (RS-Freshman): Played in nine games, primarily on special teams … Offensively, rushed twice for four yards … Played 73 total snaps on special teams … Returned four kickoffs, all coming in the final three games of the season … Had a pair of returns in Troy's Cure Bowl victory over UTSA
2021 (Freshman): Did not see game action … Redshirted
High School: Rushed for 1,352 yards and 13 touchdowns on just 109 carries (12.4 YPC) as a senior at Blount High School … Also caught 12 passes for 228 yards and two scores … Rated as the No. 23 running back in the country by ESPN and the No. 12 player in the state of Alabama; a four-star recruit … 247 Sports Composite rates him as the No. 48 running back in the country and the No. 33 player in the state of Alabama … Three-star recruit by Rivals.com and the No. 41 player in the state of Alabama … Named a Preseason All-America candidate by Sports Illustrated … First team all-state selection as a junior after rushing for 1,632 yards and 16 touchdowns on just 189 carries (8.6 yards per carry) … Also caught 22 passes for 395 yards and two touchdowns … Helped lead Blount to the quarterfinals of the Alabama 6A Playoffs his junior year; lost to eventual state champion Spanish Fort by just 10 points … Williams scored both touchdowns for the Leopards in the game … Selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Also ran track for Blount
Personal: Full name is Jarris Anthony Williams … Son of Lashundra Covey and Jarris Williams Sr. … Born May 15, 2003, in Mobile, Ala. ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies
Troy vs. Kent State (Full Highlights)
Tuesday, November 04
Troy vs. Toledo (Full Highlights)
Tuesday, November 04
Scott Cross Postgame Press Conference (Kent State)
Tuesday, November 04
Players Postgame Press Conference (Kent State)
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