Williams is a reserve HB who served as the Bengals' primary kickoff returner in 2023 ... He played in all 17 games, rushing for 69 yards on 15 carries, while returning 12 kickoffs for 290 yards ... He took over the KOR role midway through the 2022 season, and over the team's final 10 games (including postseason), he netted 449 return yards on 20 attempts (22.5 yards per return) ... Offensively, he has 307 rushing yards on 62 carries, with 74 receiving yards on 15 catches in 51 career games ... Led the Southeastern Conference in rushing yards (1760) and TDs (10) in 2018 while at Texas A&M.
Selected by Cincinnati in sixth round of 2019 NFL Draft (182nd overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-10-19 ... Waived by Bengals on 8-31-21 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 9-1-21 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 12-4-21 ... Waived on 8-31-22 ... Re-signed to Bengals roster as free agent on 9-2-22 ... Bengals contract expired on 3-15-23; became unrestricted free agent ... Re-signed with Bengals as unrestricted free agent on 3-16-23.
2019—Played in final 11 games of season as rookie (no statistics) ... Inactive for Games 1-2 and 4-5, and active/DNP in Game 3 ... Saw action on seven snaps on offense, and 124 snaps on special teams ... Made NFL debut on Oct. 13 at Baltimore.
2020—Played in 10 games (no starts) ... Inactive for Games 1-6, before seeing increased action after season-ending injury to No. 1 HB Joe Mixon ... Carried 26 times for 157 yards (6.0), and had five receptions for 30 yards ... Had four carries for 74 yards in season finale vs. Baltimore, including Bengals season-long 55-yarder.
2021—Played in five regular-season games ... Had 15 carries for 51 yards, one catch for four yards, and two special teams tackles ... Did not play in postseason.
2022—Played in eight regular-season games and all three postseason contests ... Took over as team's primary kick returner in Game 10, and in regular season had 16 KORs for 356 yards (22.3 average) ... Recorded six carries for 30 yards, along with two catches for 30 yards ... In first action as kick returner on Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh, returned five kicks for 124 yards, including 42-yarder in third quarter that set up Bengals FG drive ... Had 24-yard catch on third-and-12 on Nov. 27 at Tennessee, leading to Bengals TD on next play ... Totaled 93 yards on four KORs (23.3 avg.) in postseason, including 29-yard return in first quarter of AFC Championship at Kansas City.
2023—Played in all 17 games ... Rushed for 69 yards on 15 attempts (4.6 average), and caught seven passes for 10 yards ... Had 12 KORs for 29 yards (24.2) ... Returned a kick 25 yards, and rushed one time for four yards on Oct. 1 at Tennessee ... Had a 41-yard KOR to set up Bengals TD drive in first quarter on Oct. 29 at San Francisco ... Returned three kickoffs for 61 yards on Nov. 5 vs. Buffalo ... Rushed for 20 yards on two carries on Nov. 16 at Baltimore, with season-long 15-yarder in fourth quarter ... Had career-long 46-yard KOR on Nov. 26 vs. Pittsburgh, setting up go-ahead Bengals TD four plays later in second quarter.
Spent three seasons (2016-18) at Texas A&M and appeared in 38 career games, before declaring for the NFL Draft ... Had 600 rushes for 3615 yards (6.0 average) and 34 TDs, along with 66 catches for 561 yards and one TD ... Returned 11 career kickoffs for 265 yards (24.1) ... Led SEC in rushing yards (1760) and TDs (18) as a junior in 2018, earning first-team All-SEC honors (AP and coaches) ... Topped 100 rushing yards in nine of 13 games as a junior.
Hometown is Houston, Texas ... Attended C.E. King High School in Houston, where as a senior he rushed for 1409 yards and 20 TDs ... As a junior, rushed 240 times for 2391 yards (10.0 average) and 25 TDs ... Recreation, parks, tourism and science (RPTS) major at Texas A&M, with a minor in business ... First name is pronounced "TRAY-vee-ahn."
