 Williams at 2025 Big Ten Media Days | |
| No. 2 – Washington Huskies | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 20, 2006 |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Basha (Chandler, Arizona) |
| College |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Demond Williams Jr. (born March 20, 2006) is an American college football quarterback for the Washington Huskies.
Williams attended Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona. As a junior, he completed 68% of his passes for 2,339 yards and 23 touchdowns to just one interception, while also adding 764 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. [1] Coming out of high school, Williams was rated as a four-star recruit and the 19th overall quarterback in the class of 2024. [2] He received offers from schools such as Arizona, Auburn, BYU, Ole Miss, and Purdue. [3] On December 30, 2022, Williams committed to play college football for the Ole Miss Rebels. [4] However on July 7, 2023, Williams de-committed from the Ole Miss Rebels. [5] Williams later flipped his commitment to play for the Arizona Wildcats. [2]
2024
Williams enrolled early at Arizona. [6] After Arizona coach, Jedd Fisch, left to coach the Washington Huskies, Williams entered the transfer portal and followed Fisch to Washington. [7] As a true freshman, Williams played in every game, starting the final two (at No. 1 Oregon and vs. Louisville in the Sun Bowl), at quarterback. He finished the season 82-for-105 (.781) for 944 yards, eight touchdowns and just one interception, while rushing for 282 yards and two scores on 83 carries. [8]
2025
As a sophomore, Williams started all 12 games, earned honorable mention All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Academic team, and was named the UW's Offensive Most Valuable Player Award at the team's postseason awards banquet. [8]
Williams was the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Maxwell Award Player of the Week after the win over Rutgers, where he was the first Husky in history and 16th quarterback in FBS history to pass for 400 yards and rush for 100 in the same game. [8]
Williams broke the UW record for single-game total offense, with 538, breaking the mark of 529, set by Michael Penix Jr. in 2022. [8]
Williams was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after his performance in the Apple Cup, where he completed 16 of 19 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns, adding 88 rushing yards and a score on 13 carries. His 84.2% completion rate ranks tied for ninth in UW single-game history. [8]
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| 2024 |  Washington | 13 | 2 | 0–2 | 82 | 105 | 78.1 | 944 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 176.8 | 83 | 282 | 3.4 | 2 | |
| 2025 | Washington | 12 | 12 | 8–4 | 231 | 330 | 70.0 | 2,850 | 8.6 | 21 | 8 | 158.7 | 131 | 595 | 4.5 | 6 | |
| Career | 25 | 14 | 8–6 | 313 | 435 | 72.0 | 3,794 | 8.7 | 29 | 9 | 163.1 | 214 | 877 | 4.1 | 8 | ||