Trayveon Williams

BIOGRAPHY

Trayveon Thomas Williams was born on October 18, 1997, in Houston, Texas. He is a running back in the NFL. 

Williams attended C.E. King High School and played college football at Texas A&M. In his collegiate debut in the season opener against UCLA, Williams had 94 rushing yards. After gaining 127 yards against Auburn, including an 89-yard rushing touchdown, Williams was named the SEC Freshman of the Week. In the next game, against Arkansas, he had 153 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. On October 8, against Tennessee, he had a season-high 217 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in the 45-38 2OT victory. Williams became the first true freshman in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Williams rushed for 203 yards against UCLA in the season-opening loss. Overall, he compiled 798 total rushing yards as a sophomore. During his junior season at Texas A&M, Williams received first-team all-SECand second-team All-America honors; he also broke the school records for single-season all-purpose yards and rushing yards. Before the season, Williams was selected to the second team All-SEC preseason team. He rushed for 240 yards in the season opener against Northwestern State, second-highest single-game in school history. He was named one of ten semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award. Following the regular season, Williams received first-team all-SEChonors from the league's coaches and the Associated Press, and second-team All-America honors from the Associated Press, Athlon Sports, and Sporting News. During the 2018 Gator Bowl, Williams broke the school records for single-season all-purpose yards and single-season rushing yards, and the Gator Bowl record for single-game rushing yards. The school record for single-season all-purpose yards was previously set by Cyrus Gray in 2010, while Darren Lewis set the single-season rushing yards record in 1988. Former Syracuse running back Floyd Little set the Gator Bowl record in 1966. On January 3, 2019, Williams announced that he would forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the 2019 NFL Draft.

The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Williams in the sixth round, 182nd overall, of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Williams began the 2022 season as a weekly healthy inactive, but starting Week 11 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Williams would replace Chris Evans as the team's kickoff returner. He would appear in eight games, and finish the year with 356 return yards. Williams continued to return kicks for the team during their 2022 playoff games.