2021 – SENIOR YEAR
Appeared in 48 games and made 46 starts at catcher (20), right field (20), left field (4) and designated hitter (2) … hit .247 (43-for-174) with 38 runs, nine doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 36 RBI … was first on the team with 28 walks … ranked tied for second on the team in runs scored (38) … was third on the team in home runs (13), RBI (36) and slugging percentage (.534) … his 13 home runs were a career best, and eight came during SEC play ... became the first Auburn player to reach 30 career homers since 2011 ... finished the season with 36 career homers, tied for sixth in program history, and 135 career RBI … started the season opener vs. Presbyterian (Feb 19) behind the plate after not playing the position since his freshman year ... went 2-for-2 with two doubles and matched a season high with four RBI in the win over Alabama A&M (Feb. 24) … hit his first homer of the season against Oklahoma in the Round Rock Classic (Feb. 26) ... went 2-for-5 with two RBI in the win over Texas A&M (Feb. 28) … hit a two-run homer and scored a season high three runs in the win over Boston College (Mar. 6) … went on a six-game hitting streak from Apr. 13-21 and hit .409 (9-for-22) with six runs, four homers and 10 RBI during the stretch ... homered in three straight games and four times in a span of five games during the hit streak … went 5-for-12 with four runs, a triple, two homers and five RBI in the series at Alabama (Apr. 15-17) … homered in back-to-back games vs. LSU (May 6-7) ... turned in the first multi-homer game of his career vs. Texas A&M (May 15), marking his 10th home run since the start of April, and drove in three runs in the contest … turned in a .992 fielding percentage and recorded 216 putouts ... selected by the Washington Nationals in the 18th round of the 2021 MLB Draft.
2020 – JUNIOR YEAR
Rated by Baseball America as the No. 92 player in college baseball entering the season ... played in 13 contests and made 12 starts in right field and as the designated hitter … missed some time with a hamstring injury … hit .275 (11-for-40) with seven runs, four doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI … went 2-for-4 with a RBI in the season opener vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 14) … drove in a pair of runs in the series-clinching win vs. the Flames (Feb. 15) … went a combined 2-for-5 with three RBI in his return to the lineup vs. Alabama A&M (Feb. 25-26) … homered in back-to-back games vs. Chicago State (Mar. 6-7) … went a combined 4-for-9 with three runs and five RBI in the contests against the Cougars … ranked third on the team with nine walks … didn’t commit an error in six chances in right field.
2019 – SOPHOMORE YEAR
Played in 65 games and earned 64 starts in right field … ranked tied for second on the team with nine home runs … went 2-for-4 with two runs, a double and a RBI vs. Alabama A&M (Feb. 19) … collected multiple hits in five straight games from Feb. 24 – Mar. 5, going 12-for-22 during the span … started the streak by going 3-for-5 with two runs, a home run and three RBI in the series finale at UCF (Feb. 24) … homered in his second straight game vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 1) … turned in three more hits in the middle game (Mar. 2) and ultimately went 7-for-12 with five runs in the three games against the Bearcats, scoring a season-high three runs in the series finale (Mar. 3) … hit a pair of home runs and drove in four in the series at Mississippi State (Mar. 22-24) … collected multiple hits in back-to-back games at Texas A&M (Apr. 12-13) … went 2-for-4 with two runs and a three-run home run in the series finale vs. Alabama (May 5), marking his first home run since Mar. 24 … went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs with a triple and home run vs. North Alabama (May 14) … hit .375 (12-for-32) in eight NCAA Tournament games … led the team with three home runs and 13 RBI in the tournament … went 4-for-5 with two runs, a home run and five RBI in the tournament opener vs. Coastal Carolina (May 31) … his four hits matched a career high and his five RBI were the most since his Auburn debut a season ago … hit a three-run, walk-off home run with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the ninth inning vs. Georgia Tech (Jun. 1) … the walk-off homer was Auburn’s first in the NCAA Tournament since David Ross vs. Florida State in 1997 … hit a game-winning, two-RBI double the following day to lead Auburn to its second straight regional championship (Jun. 2) … was named the Atlanta Regional Most Valuable Player and Perfect Game National Player of the Week … went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in the first game of the Chapel Hill Super Regional (Jun. 8) … collected a pair of hits in the second game (Jun. 9) and scored a pair of runs in the decisive game three (Jun. 10) … went 3-for-7 in two College World Series games … turned in two hits, including a double, in the College World Series vs. Louisville (Jun. 19).
2018 – FRESHMAN YEAR
Played and started in 65 games as a freshman … ranked tied for second on the team with 12 home runs and third with 51 RBI … his 12 home runs were the fourth most by an Auburn freshman and his 51 RBI were sixth … Hit .291 and led the team with a .409 on-base percentage … was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team … earned Freshman All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings … homered in his first collegiate at-bat and went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and seven RBI in his Auburn debut … his seven RBI were the most by an Auburn player since 2011 … turned in three hits and drove in three runs vs. Bryant (Feb. 23) … went 7-for-12 with three runs, four doubles and four RBI in the series vs. BYU (Mar. 2-3) … hit his third home run and went 3-for-5 with three RBI vs. Northeastern (Mar. 10) … homered in back-to-back games vs. Texas A&M (Mar. 17-18), including a grand slam in a come-from-behind win Saturday … turned in three multi-hit efforts in a spa of five games from Mar. 20-27 … was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after going 6-for-10 with a home run, seven runs scored and eight RBI in a three-game sweep at Alabama (Apr. 20-21) … went 4-for-4 with a double and home run vs. Samford (Apr. 24) … homered in the series opener against Ole Miss (May 10) and LSU (May 17) … was named to the Raleigh Regional All-Tournament Team after going 8-for-13 with a double, triple, home run and five RBI in three games … went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, a double, home run and four RBI in the regional opening win vs. Northeastern (June 1) … collected three hits and scored a pair of runs in the regional championship win vs. N.C. State (June 3) … homered in the program’s first super regional win vs. Florida (June 10) … went 1-for-3 with a RBI in the decisive third game in Gainesville.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Jonathan Davis at Deerfield-Windsor High School in Albany, Ga. … three-time All-State honoree … 2017 Collegiate Baseball and Rawlings-Perfect Game First Team All-American … 2016 Under Armour All-American … rated the No. 2 catcher in Georgia and No. 3 catcher in the country by Perfect Game … led Deerfield-Windsor to back-to-back state championships in 2015-16 … hit .474 or higher in each of his final three seasons … turned in a .504 average and hit 11 home runs as a junior … hit .493 with seven home runs during his senior season … set the Deerfield-Windsor single-season and career home run record … member of Team USA 15U national team and 17U national team development program … rated the No. 114 overall prospect heading into the draft … was selected in the 35th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees ... also starred in football ... All-State and All-Region running back/linebacker.
PERSONAL
Son of Steve and Melissa Williams … has one sibling, Tesie … studying in the College of Business.