UNLV: A veteran tailback who is one of nine Rebels returning for a Super Senior season this fall … The 2019 regular-season rushing champion of the Mountain West is an honors candidate in what is his sixth and final campaign … Named preseason Second Team-All MW by Athlon and a third-team pick by Phil Steele … In May, Williams was named the Mehdi Bouras Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … In July he became the first UNLV football ever voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Teams as one of four running backs on the 2020-21 squad ... He was the first Rebel student-athlete from any sport since 2016 to earn the CoSIDA national honor ... The “Chuck Wagon” heads into 2021 ranking fourth on the school's career rushing list with 2,940 yards and is just 793 yards short of UNLV record-holder Tim Cornett, who posted 3,733 from 2010-13 … Williams is also tied for fifth among all Rebels with 10 career 100-yard rushing games and ninth with 19 all-time rushing touchdowns … A year ago he was a unanimous choice for Preseason All-MW by preview magazines after becoming just the fourth Rebel to lead a conference in rushing yards during the regular season, joining former UNLV backs Dominique Dorsey (2004), Ickey Woods (1987) and Kirk Jones (1984) … The top freshman running back in the conference in 2016 earned the starting spot as a sophomore in 2017 but suffered a season-ending injury in the opener and was instead awarded a medical redshirt while Thomas emerged as the team’s top runner for the last two seasons … Also an impressive student who already earned his bachelor’s degree in May 2020 in journalism & media studies and is currently pursuing a master’s in general studies … UNLV’s nominee for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy, which is most prestigious and desirable academic award in college football … Voted to the 2019 and 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team and a member of the UNLV Dean’s Honor List for all four previous semesters … Is just the second Rebel football player to earn more than one CoSIDA academic nod in a career … A four-time Academic All-MW honoree.
2020: Led the team In rushing for a second straight season with 495 net yards in six starts … Found the end zone four more times on the ground as a senior, including once each vs. Fresno State and SJSU … Rushed 19 times for 99 net yards vs. UNR and finally reached the century mark with a season-best performance at Hawai'i in the finale when he bolted for 148 yards on 22 carries, including a 49-yard touchdown sprint and a two-yard burst into the end zone … Had a career year catching the ball out of the backfield, grabbing 13 receptions (third on the team) for 44 yards … Named to the official 2020 watch list of the Doak Walker Award (top running back) and Maxwell Award (top overall player) … Named Preseason First Team All-MW by the media, Athlon, Phil Steele’s and Street & Smith’s, which also listed him as the league’s Most Elusive Running Back.
2019: The fourth UNLV running back to be named First Team All-MW, joining Lexington Thomas in 2017, Dominique Dorsey in 2004 and Jeremi Rudolph in 2000 … His net total of 1,257 yards during the regular season was the seventh-most in school history and ranked 24th in the nation … His six 100-yard outings included a career-high 186 yards in UNLV’s win over San Jose State in the home finale … His 11 rushing touchdowns ranked second in the MW and tied for sixth in UNLV history … Opened the season with a 15-carry, 143-yard, three TD night vs. Southern Utah … Followed that effort up with 168 yards on 19 attempts and a score vs. Arkansas State … Made it three straight 100-yard games with 144 yards and two scores on 16 carries at Northwestern … Posted his fourth century-mark game of the fall with 113 yards on 19 carries vs. San Diego State … Sprinted untouched up the middle for a career-long 80-yard touchdown en route to 138 yards in season-ending victory at arch-rival UNR … Also caught a career-high seven passes for 54 yards and long of 19 … Named Preseason Second Team All-MW by Athlon.
2018: Finished third on the team with 332 net yards rushing … Also appeared on special teams as a gunner on kick coverage … Turned in his third career 100-yard game vs. Fresno State when he went for 121 yards on just 16 carries against his hometown team … Named 2018 Preseason Fourth Team All-MW by Athlon.
2017: Started the first game and rushed for 93 yards on just 12 carries vs. Howard but suffered a season-ending injury … Also scored a touchdown in his limited action ... One of 26 Rebels named 2017 Academic All-Mountain West.
2016: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in all 12 games … Started four of the last five outings … Led the Rebels with 763 net rushing yards, which shattered James Wofford’s UNLV freshman record of 624 yards set in 1997 (record was broken again in 2017 by Armani Rogers) … The total of 763 yards ranked ninth in the nation among all freshmen and 25th among all players who have ever worn the Scarlet & Gray … Also caught four passes for eight yards … Led the team in kickoff returns with 24 attempts for 422 yards for an average of 17.6, which ranked 10th in the Mountain West … Ranked 113th in the FBS with 99.4 all-purpose yards per game … Made his Rebel debut by rushing for 96 yards on just 12 carries in a victory over Jackson State on Sept. 1 … Also picked up his first UNLV touchdown in that game when he scampered 17 yards into the end zone vs. JSU … Scored another touchdown at Central Michigan on Sept. 17 when he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone to tie the game at 7 … Posted a season-high 153 yards on just 18 carries, including a five-yard touchdown, in a win over hometown school Fresno State on Oct. 1 … Picked up his second 100-yard game at San Jose State when he finished with 141 on a season-high 22 carries … Against the Spartans, he took a handoff and raced 75 yards into the end zone to give his team a 7-3 lead.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Bullard HS where he was a two-year letterwinner under coach Don Arax ... Ranked as a three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and Scout. Named Fresno Bee’s Co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Two-time County/ Metro Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year ... Rushed for 2,142 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior, which both rank as the second-most in the school’s single-season history ... Amassed 3,580 total rushing yards in two years on varsity, which is the second-most rushing yards all-time ... Scored 48 career touchdowns, which tied a school record ... Also is a standout on the track team and was the Valley champion in the 200-meter sprint as a junior.
PERSONAL: Charles Billy Dee Williams Jr. was born in Fresno, CA ... The son of Emma and Charles Williams Sr. ... Has one younger sister, Caris ... Cousin Tyrone-Young Smith is a senior wide receiver at Utah.
