Savion
Williams.
Savion
Williams.
TCU· 6'4"· 222 lb· 4.48s 40
"A converted athlete whose raw receiving skills and concentration drops are offset by his rare ability to produce after the catch, making him a unique weapon for a creative offense."Pre-draft read
Big-bodied Z/X receiver TCU deployed as a movable chess piece, splitting time between the boundary, the slot and the backfield. At 6-4, 222 he plays with a long, gliding stride that eats cushion in a hurry, and his best receiving work comes on slants, glances and quick game where he can catch it moving downhill and turn a five-yard throw into a chunk.
The separator trait is what happens after the catch: rare contact balance and a spin move that shows up on tape weekly. Route tree is narrow and his hands fluctuate, so he is a designed-touch weapon more than a full-field target. As a runner on jets and wildcat carries he is genuinely dangerous, and the kick return value is real.
Motion-heavy play-action offense that manufactures touches (Shanahan/LaFleur tree) and treats him as a package player rather than a route-tree starter
Year 1: 15-20 snap gadget package (jets, screens, tunnels, goal-line fades) plus full-time kick return duty. Ceiling: 60-catch big slot who keeps the run-game package and forces defenses to declare against motion.
A static dropback offense that asks its X to beat press man on a full route tree without motion or condensed splits — he has no answer for a physical corner from a stationary stance.
Value spikes when the offense already runs jet and orbit motion; it collapses in a scheme with no manufactured-touch menu.
Savion Williams | Wide Receiver | Full 2024 TCU Highlights | 2025 NFL Draft
Full senior-season cut showing the manufactured-touch package and YAC.
Savion Williams 2025 NFL Draft Tape | TCU WR
Draft-tape breakdown of route usage, release issues and run-after-catch.
Savion Williams 2024 Regular Season Highlights | Big 12 Football
Big 12 conference reel with the jet-sweep and wildcat rushing scores.
A converted athlete still learning the position. Williams spent five years at TCU without ever becoming a pure route technician, and the evaluation always came down to whether a team could build a package around a 6-4 ball carrier who happens to line up at receiver.
The senior tape gave that argument teeth. He posted 60 catches for 611 yards and six touchdowns while adding 51 carries for 322 yards and six more scores, becoming the first FBS player since 2016 to record six-plus receiving touchdowns, six-plus rushing touchdowns and a passing touchdown in the same season. The flags were just as loud: a 10.2-yard average that reflects how many of his targets came at or behind the line, concentration drops on contested balls downfield, and a route inventory that shrank whenever he was asked to win from a static stance.
Boards saw a Day 2 traits swing with an unusually clear floor. The 4.48 speed at his size, the return ability and the gadget usage meant he would touch the ball as a rookie even if the receiver development never arrived. Green Bay taking him at 87 fit that logic exactly.
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Yards after catch
Combines size, contact balance and a legitimate spin move to break the first tackle on short throws and turn manufactured touches into first downs.
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Ball-carrier vision
Reads blocks like a running back on jet sweeps and wildcat snaps, setting up defenders instead of just running to grass.
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Straight-line speed at size
Ran 4.48 at 6-4, 222, which is enough juice to threaten a seam and to stay on the field as a kick returner.
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Positional versatility
Lined up outside, in the slot and in the backfield, and even threw a touchdown pass, giving a coordinator real menu options.
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Red-zone frame
Long strides and a big catch radius make him a matchup problem on fades and pick-play designs inside the ten.
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Route craft
Tree is limited to slants, glances and screens; struggles to sink his hips and create separation on breaking routes against tight coverage.
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Hands consistency
Drops show up on contested and off-frame throws, and he tends to body-catch instead of attacking the ball with his hands.
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Release package
Lacks a repeatable plan against press and can be knocked off his stem by physical corners early in the down.
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Depth of target
A career 12.1-yard average on manufactured touches raises questions about whether he can win the true intermediate and deep routes.
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| Yr | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
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| 2020 | TCU | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | TCU | 7 | 6 | 71 | 0 |
| 2022 | TCU | 15 | 29 | 392 | 4 |
| 2023 | TCU | 11 | 41 | 573 | 4 |
| 2024 | TCU | 12 | 60 | 611 | 6 |
| Career | — | 52 | 137 | 1655 | 14 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
- Josh HooverQB28%
- Jack BechWR11%
- Eric McAlisterWR11%
#2 of 18 tracked contributors · Production leaned on volume · Offense explosiveness 1.29 (p63) · CFBD — usage x PPA per tracked player
Elite returner and gadget ball carrier whose receiving role stays situational.
The dream: a receiver-runner hybrid the offense builds a run package around.
YAC-only profile who never develops the route craft to earn real targets.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Green Bay used him exactly as advertised in 2025. Williams opened the year buried on a crowded depth chart, missed time, and finished with 12 games, 10 catches on 10 targets for 78 yards and one touchdown, plus 11 carries for 37 yards. His real job was special teams: 28 kick returns for 717 yards and a 25.6-yard average made him one of the Packers' most-used return men, and the offensive snaps came in gadget packages rather than in the route tree.
That is a fair rookie outcome for the profile, but it also underlines the risk in the pick. A receiver drafted at 87 who catches ten passes in year one is living on the floor of his projection, and the floor is a returner with jet-sweep value. The path forward is the same one scouts flagged in April: he has to become a reliable target on real routes, not just a ball carrier who lines up wide. The tools have not gone anywhere, but the receiver development still has to happen.