Jameson Williams has been on quite the tear the last three weeks, averaging seven receptions and 124.6 receiving yards while chipping in two touchdowns over Detroit’s last three games. If those averages hold true for a fourth straight contest Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Williams will set new career highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns.
Williams set those benchmarks in a breakout season last year which saw him catch 58 passes for 1,001 yards and seven touchdowns. With three games remaining in the regular season, Williams has caught 52 passes for 936 yards with seven touchdowns.
“I’m proud of him,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said of Williams’ game evolving this season. “He’s grown so much. I mean he’s a vet, he’s a pro, the way he works, the way he digests the game plan, what it means to him. He loves to compete, he wants to win, and he’s just taken off.
“And man, his details are getting better. When you’ve got the athletic ability he has and now the other things begin to come in — the discipline of your route depth and the width and how you stop and where you come back to the quarterback, what (Jared) Goff wants, what we’re looking for, all these things.
“I mean that first dagger he caught on third down where he got his width back on it, I don’t even know. I mean that’s big time. That’s huge because now Goff can anticipate it and let it go before the rush gets to him well before he’s even getting into the break. Because now he knows that he’s got the width to drop it in the window. And with his speed and ability to stop, it makes it very difficult. So, he’s grown a ton. I’m proud of him.”
Williams’ 18.0 yard average per reception this season is a career high and the second highest average in the NFL this season behind Indianapolis’ Alec Pierce (20.1). Since 2024, Williams leads all NFL receivers in scrimmage yards per touch (15.0), touchdown receptions of 20-plus yards (11) and touchdown receptions of 35-plus yards (9).
“It’s exciting,” Williams said this week of his game evolving. “It’s just me doing what I was born to do. I’m a playmaker. I make plays. That’s what I do.”
