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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 September 24, 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 2 games of 2026, Williams has scored 13.8 PPR points, or 6.9 per game. That is 8.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Williams would finish with about 117 points, behind the 169.2 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.5 points in Week 1 against NO, the WR45 finish that week. Williams has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Williams ranks in the 49th percentile in receiving yards, the 47th percentile in average separation and the 44th percentile in receptions. The softest mark is the 30th percentile in yards per target.

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 52 regular-season games on record, the totals read 154 receptions, 2,591 receiving yards and 17 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 7 100-yard receiving games. In all, Williams has reached 20 points in 7 games, 13% of career appearances.

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
2026DET21367800013.8
2025DET17102651,1177612219.9
2024DET1591581,00171161212.2
2023DET124224354232980.3
2022DET69141114015.1

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