CFL: 5th season

Stamps: 5th season

Games played through 2023

Regular season: 51

Playoffs: 3

Grey Cup: 0

Acquired

Selected in the third round (28th overall) of the 2019 CFL draft and signed on May 13, 2019.

2023

(Calgary) After missing the season-opener with an arm injury, Williams returned to action in Week 2 and started the final 17 games of the campaign at left guard. In Week 20 at BC, he played the 50th regular-season game of his CFL and Stampeders career. In his third season as a starter, Williams was part of an offensive line that allowed 34 sacks, the third-lowest total in the league. He was in the starting lineup at left guard for the Western Semi-Final.

2022

(Calgary) Williams started all 18 regular-season games at left guard and was part of a unit that allowed just 17 sacks – 12 fewer than the next-best team in that category – and helped the Stampeders lead the CFL with 135.3 rushing yards per game, 21.8 yards more than runner-up Winnipeg. The offensive line helped Ka’Deem Carey win the CFL rushing crown. Williams also started the Western Semi-Final at left guard.

2021

(Calgary) Williams played all 14 regular-season games for the Stampeders including 13 starts at left guard. He was part of a unit that allowed the second-fewest sacks in the league and blocked for tailback Ka’Deem Carey, who led all running backs with seven rushing touchdowns and was second in the league in both rushing yards and yards from scrimmage. Williams also started the Western Semi-Final at left guard.

2020

(Calgary) Williams was under contract with the Stampeders but the season was cancelled because of the global pandemic.

2019

(Calgary) Williams appeared in two games as a reserve offensive lineman during his rookie season with the Stampeders, making his CFL debut in Week 17 at Montreal.

Notable

First game: Oct. 5, 2019, at Montreal

College

Williams played four seasons (2015-18) at Manitoba. He was a Canada West all-star in 2018 as he helped the Bisons accumulate 1,345 rushing yards – just 21 yards shy of the conference lead – and an average of 467.3 yards of total offence per game. He enrolled at Manitoba after a stint with the Winnipeg Rifles juniors.

Personal

Williams began playing football in Grade 10 at Murdoch MacKay Collegiate in Winnipeg. He was named to Team Manitoba’s Football Canada Cup squad in both 2013 and 2014 and was selected to Team Canada in 2014. He spent his Grade 12 season playing for the CJFL’s Winnipeg Rifles.