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22 TaMerik Williams

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 227
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Angleton, Texas
  • High School Angleton HS

Biography

* 2022 All-MVFC Honorable Mention
* 2021 MVFC All-Newcomer Team
* 2022 MVFC Offensive Player of the Week
* 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
* 2022 MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award
* 2022 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2022 MVFC Honor Roll

2023 SEASON (SENIOR):
Returned to North Dakota State for an extra year of eligibility due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 season...Played all 15 games with 14 starts at running back...Led the Bison with 767 rushing yards...Second on the team with 124 carries and third with eight touchdowns...Averaged 6.2 yards per carry...Career-high 162 yards in the NCAA second round playoff win at Montana State, including a career-long 75-yard run for a touchdown on the first play of the second half to break a 14-14 tie...Also had a 44-yard touchdown run at Montana State...Had two touchdowns in the home win over Southern Illinois...In four NCAA playoff games, rushed 35 times for 289 yards with four TDs while averaging of 8.3 yards per carry.

2022 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in 14 of 15 games and made two starts at running back...NDSU's second leading rusher with 702 yards...Had 402 of those yards in the final six games of the season...Scored eight touchdowns...Carried 99 times for an average of 7.1 yards per carry...Honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...MVFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance at Western Illinois, where he ran 12 times for 120 yards and two touchdowns...Career-high 145 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries in the win at Indiana State...Caught five passes for 31 yards...Earned the MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award and MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

2021 SEASON (JUNIOR): Earned a spot on the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team as NDSU's leading rusher his first year in the program after transferring from Southern Methodist University...Carried 123 times for 772 yards and 12 touchdowns...Averaged 6.3 yards per carry and 55.1 yards per game for an NDSU team that had four 500-yard rushers and ranked second in the FCS averaging 280.6 rushing yards per game...Had two 100-yard rushing games during the season...Career-high 18 carries and 137 yards with two touchdowns at Youngstown State...Ran 17 times for 112 yards and two scores in the second round NCAA playoff win over Southern Illinois...In a four-game stretch from Youngstown State through the NCAA quarterfinal win over East Tennessee State, he carried 62 times for 400 yards and eight touchdowns.

2020 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 10 games for SMU...Carried 13 times for 98 yards and two touchdowns...Longest run of the year was 49 yards for a touchdown at Temple...Made three catches for five yards.

2019 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in six games for SMU...Registered 10 carries for 25 yards...Added one catch for five yards...Season-high three carries for 12 yards against Texas State.

2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year at SMU.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Ryan Roark at Angleton High School...Helped Angleton to a 13-1 record in 2017...Registered 165 carries for 1,814 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior...Ran for 91 yards on 14 carries in the 2017 state semifinals...As a junior, posted 1,207 yards on 113 carries and 15 touchdowns.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in May 2022 with a degree in business administration...Earned a master's degree in health, nutrition and exercise science in December 2023.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Junior

    Running Back
    6'1" 225 lbs
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    2022Senior

    Running Back
    6'1" 229 lbs
    22
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    2023Senior

    Running Back
    6'1" 227 lbs
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