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Kerwynn Williams
Kerwynn Williams

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.

High School:
Valley

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 193

Position:
Running Back/Kick Returner

Birthdate:
06/09/1991

Experience:
3L

05/18/2012

Twelve Aggie Football Players Earn Phil Steele Preseason All-WAC Accolades

Larsen, Filimoeatu, Lawson and Williams On First-Team

04/25/2012

New Logo Unveiling, HURD Bowl III, Part Of Activities Surrounding Saturday's USU Football Blue-White Spring Game

Blue-White Spring Game Presented By Orbit Irrigation Kicks Off At 2 p.m.

04/16/2012

Aggie Athletes Holds Awards Banquet to Honor Outstanding Performances of the Year

The awards program honored the athletic achievements of individual athletes and teams during their most recent seasons.

04/09/2012

USU Football Has Solid Scrimmage Monday

Aggies Conduct Roughly 100 Plays In First Scrimmage Of Spring

02/27/2012

Tuiaki Tabbed Running Backs Coach At Utah

Former USU Running Backs/Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Returns To Utah After Three Seasons With Aggies

04/09/2012

Aggies have first scrimmage of spring

Aggies have first scrimmage of spring, followed by interviews with head coach Gary Andersen, senior CB Terrence Alston, sophomore QB Chuckie Keeton, senior QB Adam Kennedy and senior RB Kerwynn Williams

03/27/2012

Interviews from Tuesday's first practice of USU's spring drills

Interviews following Tuesday's first practice of USU's spring drills, featuring SR LB Bojay Filimoeatu, SR RB Kerwynn Williams and head coach Gary Andersen

04/28/2012

Utah State Football Blue-White Spring Game presented by Orbit Irrigation Products

Utah State Football Blue-White Spring Game presented by Orbit Irrigation Products

10/22/2011

Utah State Football vs. Louisiana Tech

Utah State Football vs. Louisiana Tech

10/08/2011

Utah State Football vs. Wyoming

Utah State Football vs. Wyoming

09/30/2011

Utah State Football at BYU

Utah State Football at BYU

09/24/2011

Utah State Football vs. Colorado State

Utah State Football vs. Colorado State

• First-Team Athlon Sports College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC (2011)

• "Best Athlete" Sporting News College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC (2011)

• First-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC (2011)

• Collegefootballperformance.com Preseason Watch List (2011)

• First-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview All-WAC (2010)

• Third-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview Preseason All-WAC (2010)

• Third-Team Phil Steele's College Football Preview All-Freshman Team (2009)

Quickly:Talented, speedy running back and kick returner who can also line up in slot as a wide receiver... Expected to pick up where he left off last season, leaving mark in USU, WAC and FBS record book, setting FBS and WAC record for single-season kick return yards, totalling 1,444 yards on the year... Closing in on WAC career record, amassing 2,575 yards through two seasons, needing 208 more for the record... Totalled the ninth-best single-season all-purpose mark in the WAC with 2,042 yards... Enters junior season as USU's record holder for career kick return average at 26.3 ypr, as well as No. 5 on USU's single-season kick return average at 27.3 ypr.

2010 (So.): Saw action in all 12 games, five as a starter... Led the WAC and ranked sixth in FBS in all-purpose yards per game (170.2 ypg) and also led the conference and ranked 21st in the country in kickoff return average (27.3)... Registered first career kickoff return for TD, with a 92-yard scamper at Nevada, and had three others of 67-yards or longer, with an 84-yarder in the New Mexico State game, a 70-yarder in the Idaho State game and a 67-yarder against BYU... Carried the ball 81 times for 451 yards and four TD's, including career-best 19 times for 147 yards with one TD in season-finale at Boise State... Added 12 catches for 110 yards, with season-high four receptions for 63 yards with a career-long 27-yard catch at Nevada... Also returned four punts for 37 yards on the season

2009 (Fr.): Played in 11 games, not seeing action in season-opener, but every game from there on out... Was third overall in the WAC and 40th in FBS in kick return average with 25.1 ypr, tying Kevin Robinson's average from 2004 for 10th on USU's single-season kick return average list... Was also ninth in the WAC and 93rd in the nation for all-purpose yards with 103.7 ypg... Led the WAC and was fourth in the country for total kick returns with 45, a new USU single-season record... With 1,131 kick return yards, led the WAC and was tied for third in FBS for total return yards... Was the top freshman in the country for both total returns and total return yards, while ranking 10th among the nation's freshmen for return average... Logged season-long 75-yard return at Idaho, part of his five returns for 199 yards (39.8 ypr), the third-highest single-game kickoff return average in school history... Added six returns for 166 yards (27.7 ypr) at Hawai'i as well as six returns for 155 yards (25.8 ypr) along with five returns for 130 yards (26.0 ypr) at Texas A&M... Rushed for 10 yards on two carries on the season, all coming at Texas A&M with a long of nine-yards.

High School: Played wide receiver and running back as a junior before providing a serious dual threat element as a quarterback his senior season... Earned first-team all-state accolades as well as first-team all-region and first-team all-Northeast League honors, in addition to being selected as Valley's MVP... He was one of 50 finalists for the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year... As a senior, he had 188 rushes for 2,002 yards (10.7 ypc/182.0 ypg) with 31 TD's while throwing for 707 yards with three TD's and adding 700 return yards... In his junior season of 2007, he had 108 rushes for 549 yards with six TD's as well as 18 receptions for 388 yards with five TD's... He also had one punt return for a TD in each season... Rushed for over 4,000 yards in his career as well as passing for 830 yards with 48 total TD's and 1,150 return yards... He maintained a 3.8 GPA... Valley High School is the alma mater of legendary baseball player Greg Maddux.

Personal:Born June 9, 1991 in Las Vegas, Nev... Son of Kendall and Ingrid Williams... Has one brother and one sister... Majoring in marketing... Chose USU because of its engineering program as well as the atmosphere of the campus and community and the coaching staff.

KO Returns	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD	LG  
2009 (Fr.)	45	1.131	25.1	0	75
2010 (So.)	53	1,444	27.2	1	92
Totals		98	2,575	26.3	1	92

Rushing		G/GS	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD	LG  
2009 (Fr.)	11/0	2	10	5.0	0	9
2010 (So.)	12/5	81	451	5.6	4	40
Totals		23/5	83	461	5.3	4	40

Punt Returns	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD	LG  
2010 (So.)	4	37	9.2	0	15
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