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D.J. Williams Season 2019

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D.J. Williams Season 2019

PositionRB
Weight216 lbs
Height5-10
ClassFreshman
HometownLake Placid, Fla.

2020: Experienced tailback … 599 career rushing yards … scored on a 1-yard run vs. Kentucky … 71 yards rushing against Arkansas, with a long gain of 41 … leading rusher with 66 yards against Tennessee, including a 9-yard TD run … 2-yard TD run in Citrus Bowl ... Preseason: Doak Walker Award watch list

2019: True freshman tailback who ranks 16th among all-time Auburn freshman rushers with 400 yards … also deep on kick returns … first action came vs. Oregon … 7 carries for 32 yards vs. Mississippi State … 11 carries for 48 yards at Arkansas … 13 carries gained 130 yards at LSU, with a long run of 70 yards … 93 yards on 24 carries vs. Ole Miss, with a 1-yard TD … 42 yards rushing vs. Samford

High School: Gifted running back who enrolled at Auburn in January … had an outstanding senior season, rushing for 1,221 yards, 21 TD and passing for 1,113 yards, 13 TD for Coach LaVaar Scott and the Sebring High Blue Streaks … two-year all-Highlands … ESPN rates him as a four-star prospect at running back … ranked as the No. 24 (24/7), 27 (ESPN), 29 (Rivals) overall running back recruit nationally … also a baseball letterman

Personal: Birthday is November 15 … son of Ayicia Goldsmith and Dederrian Williams … has nine siblings: Koel, Bailey, Brasen, Keelan, Qui, Si, Ney, Kayla and Tay … nephew of NFL great Edgerrin James … studying in the College of Business