Demond Williams Jr.

Demond Williams Jr. (born March 20, 2006) is an American college football quarterback for the Washington Huskies.

Early life Williams attended Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona. As a junior, he completed 68% of his passes for 2,339 yards and 23 touchdowns to just one interception, while also adding 764 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. Coming out of high school, Williams was rated as a four-star recruit and the 19th overall quarterback in the class of 2024. He received offers from schools such as Arizona, Auburn, BYU, Ole Miss, and Purdue. On December 30, 2022, Williams committed to play college football for the Ole Miss Rebels. However on July 7, 2023, Williams de-committed from Ole Miss. Williams later flipped his commitment to play for the Arizona Wildcats. After Arizona coach Jedd Fisch left to coach the Washington Huskies, Williams entered the transfer portal and followed Fisch to Washington. As a true freshman, Williams played in every game, starting the final two (at No. 1 Oregon and vs. Louisville in the Sun Bowl), at quarterback. He finished the season 82-for-105 (.781) for 944 yards, eight touchdowns, and just one interception, while rushing for 282 yards and two scores on 83 carries.

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Williams earned honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference, Big Ten All-Academic team, Washington's Offensive Most Valuable Player Award and offensive MVP of the LA Bowl.

Williams earned the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Maxwell Award Player of the Week, becoming the first Husky in history and 16th quarterback in FBS history to pass for 400 yards and rush for 100 in the same game, breaking the UW record for single-game total offense in a win over Rutgers. Williams was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after his performance in the Apple Cup, where he threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 88 yards and a touchdown. On January 8, amid controversy and threatened legal action, Williams rescinded his intent to transfer and committed to stay at Washington for the upcoming season.

Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2024 Washington 13 2 0–2 82 105 78.1 944 9.0 8 1 176.8 83 282 3.4 2 2025 Washington 13 13 9–4 246 354 69.5 3,065 8.7 25 8 161.0 143 611 4.3 6 Career 26 15 9–6 328 459 71.5 4,009 8.7 33 9 164.6 226 893 4.0 8