2026
2026 season · RB · #18 · 2nd season
Josh Williams
Age 26 · 5'8" · 210 lb · LSU · Undrafted (2025). Snap share 0% across 1 game.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards per carry | - | |||
| Rush EPA per carry | - | |||
| EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets | - | |||
| Broken tacklesper touch | - |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch | - | |||
| Touches per game | 0.0 | |||
| Receiving sharetargets per touch | - | |||
| Yards per touch | - |
Graded once he reaches 30 touches. 70 backs qualify so far.
Williams scores 0.0 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (12+) and 1 bust (under 5). This week the Bears allow the 3rd-fewest standard points to RBs, 14.0 a game.
Williams scores 0.0 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (16+) and 1 bust (under 6.5). This week the Bears allow the 3rd-fewest half-PPR points to RBs, 15.9 a game.
Williams scores 0.0 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (20+) and 1 bust (under 8). This week the Bears allow the 3rd-fewest PPR points to RBs, 17.8 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the RB24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
at BearsSoldier Field
CHI −6 · O/U 46.5
The defense vs the run
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Bears rank 12th vs the run, allowing -0.09 EPA per designed carry. He has averaged 0 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Car | Yds | TD | Tgt | Rec | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CIN L 27-3318th D | 18th vs the run | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | vs CLE L 19-23Did not play | ||||||||
| 3 | vs MIN L 16-23Did not play | ||||||||
| 4 | vs GB L 14-17Did not play | ||||||||
| 5 | at DAL W 24-16Did not play | ||||||||
| 6 | vs PIT L 19-26Did not play | ||||||||
| 7 | at CAR W 43-13Did not play | ||||||||
| 8 | vs ATL W 16-0Did not play | ||||||||
| 9 | at CHISun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||||
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 11 | at DETSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | vs CARMon Nov 30 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs LACSun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | at BALSun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | vs NOSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | at ATLSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs LASun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | at NOSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 1 games | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | YPC | EPA/car | EPA/tgt | 10+ | Brk tkl | Snap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CIN L 27-3318th D | 18th vs the run | - | - | - | 0% | ||
| 2 | vs CLE L 19-23Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs MIN L 16-23Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs GB L 14-17Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at DAL W 24-16Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs PIT L 19-26Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at CAR W 43-13Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | vs ATL W 16-0Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | at CHISun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | at DETSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs CARMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | vs LACSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at BALSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs NOSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at ATLSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NOSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 1 games | - | - | - | 0 | 0% |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CIN L 27-3318th D | 18th vs the run | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | vs CLE L 19-23Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs MIN L 16-23Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | vs GB L 14-17Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | at DAL W 24-16Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs PIT L 19-26Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at CAR W 43-13Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | vs ATL W 16-0Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | at CHISun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | at DETSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs CARMon Nov 30 | |||||||
| 13 | vs LACSun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | at BALSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs NOSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at ATLSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LASun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at NOSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 1 games | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Too few games for a trend yet: 1 played.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 24th-toughest slate vs the run: his opponents rank 18.0 of 32 on average (league middle 15.9). Ahead: 1 of his next 9 is top-10 vs the run and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Bears (12th, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Touches/g | Yds/g | EPA/touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | – | – | – | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | – | – | – | – |
| All games | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2025, 11 scrimmage yards in 2 games. This season's 0.0 a game puts him on pace for 0 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | EPA/touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TB | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.47 |
| 2026 | TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Career | 1 tm | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.47 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- not listed
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 0 on 0 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Play action
- …
- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bucky IrvingRB | 170 | 806 · 6 TD | -4.1 |
 Kenny GainwellRB | 76 | 350 · 1 TD | -5.6 |
 Emeka EgbukaWR | 51 | 251 · 3 TD | -12.3 |
 Chris Godwin Jr.WR | 38 | 261 | +6.6 |
 Cade OttonTE | 30 | 186 | +4.8 |
 Ted Hurst IIIWR | 24 | 168 · 1 TD | -0.4 |
 Jalon DanielsQB | 23 | 120 | +6.1 |
 Tez JohnsonWR | 18 | 198 · 1 TD | +12.2 |