Rookie Spotlight: Savion Williams, WR TCU

Height: 6-4 (unofficial)
Weight: 228 lbs (unofficial)
Hands:
Arm: 33” (unofficial)
40 yard dash: 4.43 (projected)
2025 Age: 24
NFL Comparison: Cordarrelle Patterson, Lavishka Shenault, Quentin Johnston
Breakout Age: 23 (5th year SR)

Offensive Market Share Metrics (Final Season)

Receptions: 20%
Receiving Yards: 16%
Receiving TDs: 24%
Total Production Percentage: 20%

As a high school prospect: Class of 2020; 3-star

Pros
– Freakish athleticism, incredible physical specimen
– Elite body control
– Explosive in tight spaces
– Pro-ready release package
– Wins contested catches
– Makes big plays in big games
– Is a truly legitimate value-add on offense as a runner and wildcat QB

Cons
– Better athlete than WR currently
– Incomplete blocker
– Too many concentration drops
– Trouble stacking defenders
– Late breakout age from a receiving perspective and only technically broke out by the skin of his teeth

Fantasy Outlook:
Williams is surprisingly raw as a WR, considering he’s played the position for several years at TCU. A more complete athlete than he is a WR, Williams has still improved every season at TCU, with his best campaign coming in 2024 when he caught 60 balls for 611 yards and 6 TDs. Williams developed into more of a hybrid role at TCU, playing out of the backfield and occasionally at QB, in addition to his role at WR. He’s electric with the ball in his hands, but Williams sometimes struggles bringing in the ball on catches that he shouldn’t have issues with (11.8% drop rate in 2024). He’s a 70% contested catch winner (and 85.7% in his final season), so lack of concentration is most likely to blame for his missed opportunities. Errant drops notwithstanding, Williams is often able to come down with acrobatic catches that cause him to contort his massive frame. He’s a size/speed freak who can squat 600 lbs, jump 40 inches and is expected to run a 4.45 or better forty, so suspect hands be damned. Williams also displays a diverse release package, changing speeds with aplomb though he could be cleaner at the line of scrimmage.

Right now, Williams’ route tree is limited, and he projects to be more of a gadget/utility player. That being said, he’s shown that he can get better at the position with the right training. Whether he ends up some sort or WR/RB hybrid or pure receiver, he’ll need to become a better blocker. He’s solid at the top of his blocks but has trouble sustaining engagement throughout the play. A true boom-or-bust candidate for the NFL, Williams has the intangibles that make GM’s mouths water but the rawness that makes head coaches take pause before giving them significant game time. He’ll need to display consistency across multiple disciplines before we can take him seriously as a potential fantasy asset, but a strong Senior Bowl showing will go a long way in legitimizing Williams. In early traditional dynasty rookie mock drafts, people will likely be interested in taking Williams with a starting value of late RD2, early RD3 in 12 team leagues, as the thought of a versatile size/speed athletic specimen with likely Day 2 draft capital usually doesn’t fall much farther than that, especially in a WR draft class that is slight weaker than recent cycles.