The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015 Football Roster
Roster
Connor Williams
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 283
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Coppell, Texas
- High School:
- Coppell
- Major:
- Finance
A three-year offensive lineman who played in and started 28 games in his career before delcaring for the NFL Draft ... named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team in 2017 ... was a consensus first team All-American in 2016 ... just the fourth sophomore in UT history to receive first-team All-America honors (Hub Bechtol, 1944; Russell Erxleben, 1976 and Earl Thomas, 2009 were the others) from one of the NCAA’s five teams that are used to recognize consensus All-Americans ... earned first team All-Big 12 honors by the Associated Press and Big 12 coaches in 2016 ... named an Outland Trophy semifinalist in 2016 ... was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection in 2015 … two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2015-16) ... was an early enrollee in spring 2015 … an all-state performer in high school rated the No. 38 OT nationally and No. 61 overall (No. 8 OT) in Texas by Scout.
JUNIOR (2017)
Named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... played in and started five games (Maryland, San Jose State, at USC, at West Virginia, Texas Tech), but missed seven due to injury ... announced on Nov. 27 that he intends to declare for the 2018 NFL Draft ... started the season opener at left tackle against Maryland and helped guide the offense to 473 total yards, including 375 through the air ... protected true freshman QB Sam Ehlinger in his first career start as the offense did not allow a sack in a 56-0 win ... guided the Longhorns' to 623 total yards (15th school history) and 406 on the ground ... started at left tackle against No. 4/4 USC, but sustained an injury in the second quarter and missed the remainder of the game ... returned to the field for the first time since week three as he started at left tackle in a win over No. 24/25 West Virginia ... helped the offense to 233 rushing yards and 6.1 yards per play, their most this season in Big 12 play ... started at left tackle against Texas Tech ... was named to the 2017 watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Outland Trophy and The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award ... also a preseason All-American by the Associated Press, Sporting News, College Football News and Athlon Sports in 2017 ... also named to the preseason All-Big 12 Team by the media and Athlon Sports
SOPHOMORE (2016)
Tabbed a consenus first-team All-American ... named first-team All-America by CBS Sports, Football Writers Association of America, Phil Steele, Walter Camp Football Foundation and USA Today … just the fourth sophomore in UT history to receive first-team All-America honors (Hub Bechtol, 1944; Russell Erxleben, 1976 and Earl Thomas, 2009 were the others) from one of the NCAA’s five teams that are used to recognize consensus All-Americans … earned second-team All-America honors from The Associated Press, FOX Sports, Sports Illustrated and Sporting News … recognized by ESPN.com on the All-Big 12 underclassmen team ... named first team All-Big 12 at offensive tackle by the Associated Press, Phil Steele and Big 12 coaches ... also named first team All-Big 12 by ESPN.com ... earned honorable mention for Offensive Lineman of the Year ... started at left tackle in 11 of 12 games ... helped Longhorns to 517 total yards and 50 points in a season-opening win over No. 10 Notre Dame ... the 500 yards of offense marked the first time since 2011 a Texas team has eclipsed 500 yards against a ranked opponent ... had his streak of 13 consecutive starts snapped against UTEP, a game he missed to nurse an injury ... was back on the field to start at California ... Longhorns registered a season-high 568 yards on 90 plays in the loss ... rushing attack totaled 307 yards and four touchdowns ... each running back went over 100 yards in the game ... passing attack had 261 yards and a score ... paved the way for the offense to match a season-high with 568 total yards at Oklahoma State ... Longhorns rushed for a season-best 329 ... UT had two 100-yard rushers for the second straight game for just the third time in school history ... started at left tackle in the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma ... helped the offense to 245 passing yards and 180 rushing yards ... offense scored 40 points for the fourth time in five games ... started at left tackle against Iowa State ... offense totaled 505 yards (296 pass, 209 rush) and 24 second-half points for the victory ... at Kansas State, offense recorded 344 total yards ... offense accrued 548 total yards in 35-34 win over No. 8 Baylor ... passed for 291 yards and rushed for 257 ... in a 45-37 road victory at Texas Tech, paved the way for the offense to record 658 yards, the sixth-most in a single-game in school history ... led the way to 414 rushing yards, including 341 (third-most in school history) by running back D’Onta Foreman ... helped Foreman average 10.3 yards per carry and UT to average 8.3 yards per carry as a team ... led the way for D’Onta Foreman’s 11th straight 100-yard game ... offense totaled 536 yards against No. 11/10 West Virginia, breaking the school record with their seventh game of 500 yards or more ... paved the way for D’Onta Foreman’s third 250-yard game on Saturday at Kansas ... helped the offense total 407 yards against TCU in the regular season finale.
FRESHMAN (2015)
Named first-team freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America, USA Today and ESPN.com … honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the league’s coaches … started all 12 games at left tackle … combined with OG Patrick Vahe to make Texas the only school in the nation to start two true freshmen on the offensive line … helped block for a rushing attack that ranked 18th in the nation and third in the Big 12 with 224.8 yards per game, including 263.0 ypg in the last seven … the offense also ranked 26th in the nation in red zone efficiency (.882) … part of an offense that was just the fourth at Texas since 1950 to record three games with six rushing TDs in a season … helped the offense post a season-high 650 total yards with 364 yards passing and 286 yards rushing with six rushing TDs versus Cal … helped the offense rush for an Oklahoma opponent season-high of 313 yards and was part of a line that earned team offensive MVP honors for the game … helped the offense rush for 274 yards and three TDs against Kansas State, while allowing just one sack … helped the offense to matching 299-yard rushing and passing marks for 598 yards total with six rushing TDs against Kansas, while allowing just one sack … helped the offense post 277 rushing yards at West Virginia … helped the offense record 403 yards and six TDs on the ground versus Texas Tech, marking just the seventh 400-yard rushing game by Texas since 1980.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Mike DeWitt at Coppell … an all-state and two-time all-district honoree … named second-team 6A All-State by the Associated Press, and honorable mention by the Texas Sports Writers Association in 2014 … tabbed honorable mention Academic All-State by the Texas High School Coaches Association … selected second-team All-Area by the Dallas Morning News … chosen first-team All-District 7-6A on both the offensive and defensive lines … ranked No. 223 overall and No. 30 overall in Texas by Rivals … rated No. 38 OT nationally and No. 61 overall (No. 8 OT) in Texas by Scout … rated No. 65 OT nationally and No. 98 in Texas by ESPN … ranked No. 75 OT nationally and No. 99 in Texas by 247Sports … rated No. 7 OL in the state by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … placed No. 53 on the Fab 55 by the Austin American-Statesman … recorded 63 pancakes and graded at 94 percent, while only allowing one sack and committing one holding penalty as a senior … as a nose tackle, registered 38 tackles, five tackles for loss, three sacks, five pressures, five forced fumbles and two passes defended … part of an offense that rushed for 4.9 yards per carry and 257.5 yards per game with 28 rushing TDs … also protected for 23 passing TDs to just three interceptions … helped Coppell to a 6-5 record and an appearance in the 6A Division 1 bidistrict playoffs in 2014 … selected second-team All-District 5-5A as a tight end in 2013 … caught three passes for 20 yards and one TD … helped Coppell to a 9-2 record, including a 5-0 district mark, and an appearance in the 5A Division 1 area playoffs in 2013 … helped Coppell to an 11-1 record, including a 5-0 district mark, and an appearance in the 5A Division 1 area playoffs in 2012.
PERSONAL
Brother, Dalton, who is now a graduate assistant coach at West Virginia, was a quarterback at Stephen F. Austin (2008-11) and Akron (2012) … sister, Morgan, graduated from Texas in 2013 … participated in a cleanup project following floods in Wimberley in 2015 … two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2015; spring 2016) ... majoring in finance as part of the prestigious McCombs School of Business ... named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2017).
