2022 Football Roster

Lucas Peltier

1 Kyle Williams

  • Position WR
  • Ht/Wt 6-0 / 185
  • Exp 2L
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hawthorne, CA
  • High School St. Monica Catholic HS

Biography

UNLV: A former Freshman All-American and the 2020 Mountain West Freshman of the Year returns as a junior honors candidate … Chosen to represent the Rebel offense at the 2022 Mountain West Media Days event in Las Vegas … Named 2022 Preseason Third Team All-Mountain West by Athlon and Fourth Team by Phil Steele’s … The team’s leading returning receiver who needed just 16 games as a collegian to reach the career 1,000-yard mark … A former high school quarterback who became a star WR finished third in the nation and shattered the school record for receptions-per-game by a freshman with 5.8 in 2020, besting the 5.0 number set by the program’s most-recent Freshman All-American, Devonte Boyd, in 2014 … Named Academic All-Mountain West in both 2020 and ‘21.

2021:
Named 2021 Second Team Preseason All-MW by Phil Steele’s and Mountain West Wire and third team by Athlon … Finished second on the team with 42 receptions for 601 yards … Opened his sophomore campaign with six catches for 87 yards vs. Eastern Washington … Caught seven passes for 117 yards vs. San Jose State in Game Seven … Added five receptions for 60 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown thrown by Cam Friel, at UNR in Game Eight … One week later at New Mexico, turned in best performance of the season with seven grabs for 137 yards in the win over the Lobos that included a season-long 75-yard catch and run of a Friel pass that gave his team a 21-14 lead … Added 73 yards on just three catches in final appearance of the year vs. Hawai’i … Missed the final game of the season because of injury.

2020: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by starting all six games at receiver … Named a member of The Athletic's Freshman All-America Second Team to become the fourth Rebel to earn Freshman All-America honors since the formation of the Mountain West, joining Boyd, offensive lineman Matt Murphy (2007) and receiver Ryan Wolfe (2006), who were all honored by the Football Writers Association of America … The seventh Rebel overall and third receiver to be voted a conference Freshman of the Year … With just six games played, Williams led the Rebels with 35 receptions for 426 yards and two touchdowns … In the season finale at Hawai'i, he became the 21st Rebel to reach double-digits for receptions in a game -- and the first since Boyd in 2016 -- with a total of 10 for a career-high 144 yards. He also caught nine passes for 110 yards and a touchdown playing at Mountain West champion San Jose State … Caught at least three passes in every game … Caught three for 33 yards in his collegiate debut at SDSU and never posted less than four grabs the rest of the season. 

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of St. Monica Catholic HS in Santa Monica, CA … Helped The Mariners to 7-2 record as a senior in 2019 … Caught 31 passes for 763 yards and nine touchdowns in final prep season … Average 24.6 yards per catch for SMCHS … Previously played quarterback at Hawthorne HS and then at Narbonne HS. 

PERSONAL: Kyle Trevon Williams was born Baltimore, MD … The son of Stephen and Erin Williams … Has three siblings: Mychai, Amari and Nire … Majoring In business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2020Freshman

    WR
    6'0" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021Sophomore

    WR
    6'0" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Junior

    WR
    6'0" 185 lbs
    1