2017 Football Roster

12 Damian Williams

  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 215
  • Class Senior

Biography

2017
Joined Texas State’s roster in 2017 spring semester ... is the quarterback with the most NCAA Division I FBS experience on Texas State’s roster after playing in 17 games with one career start at Mississippi State.

Previous School 
Graduate transfer who played in five games in 2016 ...completed 20 of 28 passes for a career-high of 143 yards and a touchdown against South Alabama after entering the game on the fourth offensive series ... also rushed for a career-best 93 yards on 12 carries against the Jaguars ... led a rally against LSU when he connected on five of eight passes for 94 yards and TD ... appeared in six contests in each of the 2013 and 2014 seasons ... sat out the 2015 season as a redshirt ... made his start as a true freshman against Ole Miss when he completed eight of 18 passes for 82 yards versus the Rebels in 2013.
  
High School

A highly regarded dual-threat quarterback from the New Orleans area ... was the 17th-ranked prospect in Louisiana, from all positions, in the Times-Picayune Nifty Fifty postseason ratings ... was a quarterback for an unbeaten Archbishop Rummell team that posted a 14-0 record and earned its first state football championship ... named First-Team Class 5A All-State selection by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) ... chosen All-District 9-5A as a senior ... was a New Orleans Area Player of the Week as both a junior and senior ... completed 195 of 324 passes for 2,748 yards and 26 touchdowns during his career ... rushed for 932 yards and 23 touchdowns in his prep career ... played for head coach Jay Roth ... completed 11-of-13 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 52 yards en route to being named the Most Valuable Player in the state championship game victory over Barbe ... was one of five finalists from among 89 quarterbacks for camp MVP at  the Elite 11 summer camp in Georgia ... earned All-State honorable mention by the LSWA and was selected as the MVP of District 9-5A as a junior after leading the Raiders to a 10-2 season and the state quarterfinals ... played in the last game with a high ankle sprain but still threw for 300 yards ... earned the starting quarterback job as a freshman and led Rummell to the 2009 state championship game.

Personal
Born March 3, 1994 ... son of Cindy Williams ... earned bachelor’s degree at Mississippi State in interdisciplinary studies.

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