Jonah Williams

BIOGRAPHY

Jonah Williams was born on August 17, 1995 in Puyallup, Washington. He is a defensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL.

Williams graduated from Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian, Idaho where he earned Second Team All-State honors and First Team All-Conference honors. He was one of the Meridian team captains as a senior. He originally signed with Weber State in February 2013 before serving an LDS Church mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Williams started all 12 games for the Wildcats on the defensive line, helping WSU to the FCS Playoffs. He was named to the Hero Sports FCS All-Freshman Team as one of the top freshmen in the country and was one of five freshmen in the Big Sky named to the list. Williams recorded 53 tackles with 20 solo tackles and 33 assisted tackles. He also had four tackles for loss, two sacks, two quarterback hurries and one blocked kick. In 2017, he played in all 14 games and started in 12 games for the Wildcats on the defensive line. Williams earned second-team Big Sky All-Conference honors in helping Weber State to an historic season that included a Big Sky Championship and two wins in the FCS Playoffs. He finished second on the Wildcat team and was 10th in the Big Sky in sacks with 5.5. Jonah finished his career at Weber State in 2019 and earned All-America honors and was named the Big Sky Defensive MVP. He was part of the winningest senior class in school history that won three Big Sky titles and made four Playoff appearances. In his 54 career games, Williams had 15 sacks, which ranks ninth in school history, with 28 career tackles for loss. He also had 194 total tackles with three fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles. He also had three career blocked kicks. He was also named the 2019-20 Weber State Male Athlete of the Year and the Big Sky Scholar Athlete. He also earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors four times and was named to the Hampshire Society by the National Football Foundation as a senior.