INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

KERWYNN WILLIAMS
Running Back 5-8 198 Utah State
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NFL Exp: Rookie
How Acquired: D7 – 2013 (230th overall)
Born: 6/9/91
GP/GS (Postseason): 1/0 (0/0)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• Signed to the active roster from the practice squad on September 13, 2013.
• Signed to the Colts practice squad on September 2, 2013.
• Waived by the Colts on September 1, 2013.
• Selected by the Colts in the seventh-round (230th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.
2013 (COLTS):
• Against Miami (9/15) in Week 2, saw action in his first career NFL contest on special teams and returned one kickoff for 28 yards.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
• Started 18-of-49 games at tailback for Utah State, including his final 13 contests.
• Finished seventh in school history with 2,515 rushing yards on 382 carries.
• His 6.6 yards per carry average ranks fifth in school annals and his 22 rushing touchdowns rank seventh all-time.
• Caught 64 passes for 870 yards (13.6 avg.) and five touchdowns.
• Totaled 135 punt return yards on 11 attempts (12.3 avg.).
• Returned 135 kickoffs for 3,408 yards, the fourth-most by an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision player.
• His 25.2 kickoff-return average is sixth-best on the USU career record list.
• Scored 168 points and touched the ball 592 times for 6,928 all-purpose yards, the 12th-most in NCAA FBS history.
• Averaged 11.7 yards per play and 141.4 all-purpose yards per game.
• Became the fourth player in WAC history to compile 6,000 all-purpose yards during a career, setting the conference record. The
previous school record was 6,479 yards by Kevin Robinson.
• His 28 total touchdowns tied Kendal Smith (1985-88) for seventh in school annals.
PERSONAL:
• Attended Valley High School in Las Vegas.
• For his career, compiled more than 4,000 rushing yards, 830 passing yards, 48 total touchdowns and 1,150 return yards.
• As a senior, earned all-state first-team honors.
• As a junior, rushed 108 times for 549 yards and six touchdowns and caught 18 passes for 388 yards and five scores.
• Registered one punt return touchdown.
• Moved to the quarterback position his senior season and received all-region firstteam
and All-Northeast League honors, in addition to being selected as the team
MVP and being placed on the all-state squad in 2008.
• One-of-50 finalists for the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year Award after
posting 188 carries for 2,002 yards (10.7 avg., 182.0 per game) with 31
touchdowns, 707 passing yards with three touchdowns and 700 return yards
with one punt return touchdown.
• Majored in marketing at Utah State.
WILLIAMS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Att: 0
Yards: 0
TDs: 0
LG: 0