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Jameson Williams

Jameson Williams is a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. Depth chart: WR2.

Scouting report

Jameson Williams: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Jameson Williams at a glance

Jameson Williams is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, listed at 6'1" and 184 pounds. The Detroit Lions drafted Williams 12th overall in the first round in 2022, out of Alabama; this is year five in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Williams at 169.2 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR32 at the position and works out to 11.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 5 games of 2026, Williams has scored 57.6 PPR points, or 11.5 per game. That is 34.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Williams would finish with about 196 points, ahead of the 169.2 projected. The best week so far is 18.7 points in Week 5 against ARI, the WR15 finish that week. Williams has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 5 games, a 40% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Williams ranks in the 73rd percentile in yards per target, the 68th percentile in receiving TDs and the 61st percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 36th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Williams has finished as WR156 in 2022, WR82 in 2023, WR22 in 2024 and WR12 in 2025. One of those 4 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 219.9 PPR points in 2025. Across 55 regular-season games on record, the totals read 166 receptions, 2,789 receiving yards and 19 receiving touchdowns.

Jameson Williams by the numbers

Williams has finished in the weekly top five at the position 5 times and finished in the top twelve 11 times. The career high is 26.9 PPR points, set in Week 13 of 2025 against GB. The game log also shows 8 100-yard receiving games. In all, Williams has reached 20 points in 7 games, 13% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Williams drew 5.8 targets per game at an average depth of 16.5 air yards. 45% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 3 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Williams is playing on a three-year, $80 million contract signed with the Detroit Lions in 2025, an average of $26.7 million per year with $30.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
169.2
PPR / game
11.2

Week 1 projection

Jameson Williams is projected for 14.4 PPR points at home against NO in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 33.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.7 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
53.5
Dynasty
54.7
Superflex redraft
63.5
Superflex dynasty
65.7
TE premium dynasty
32.9

Compare Jameson Williams on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026DET5291827620057.6
2025DET17102651,1177612219.9
2024DET1591581,00171161212.2
2023DET124224354232980.3
2022DET69141114015.1

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