*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

2019: Listed as a starter at wide receiver on the preseason depth chart. He won the Golden Eagle Award as the MVP of the Red-White Game after catching two touchdowns passes for the Red in a 20-13 victory over the White. He finished the game with four catches for 67 yards, giving him three scores among the seven catches for 132 yards he had in three spring scrimmages.

2018: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in all 15 games, starting versus Northern Colorado (11/3/18) when he had a career-high five catches for 51 yards. He caught three passes for 70 yards for the Eagles, including a 38-yard gain, in EWU’s 50-18 win over Maine (12/15/18) in the semifinals of the FCS Playoffs. He also had 64 yards on four receptions against Cal Poly (9/22/18), and completed a pass for 36 yards versus Idaho (10/27/18). He had the big block on an 85-yard rushing touchdown by Eric Barriere in a 55-17 win over Southern Utah (10/6/18), which equaled the ninth-longest in school history and was the longest ever by an Eastern quarterback. Williams had six catches for 82 yards in three spring scrimmages, including three grabs for 47 yards in EWU’s Red-White Game.

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started three games as a wide receiver and played in all 11 EWU games. He caught 20 passes for 252 yards and a touchdown in his sophomore season. He made the first start of his career versus Sacramento State (9/30/17) and had three catches for 74 yards, including a 59-yarder in the first quarter that set-up Eastern’s first touchdown of the day in the 52-31 win. That started a stretch of five consecutive games in which he had three catches. He scored his first career touchdown one game later against UC Davis (10/7/17).

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in 10 games, mostly on special teams, and did not catch a pass. He caught three passes for 34 yards and a touchdown in the Red-White Game.

2015: Redshirted. Was selected as the team’s offensive scout team player of the week once.

HS: Graduated from Lincoln HS in 2015. Named to The Associated Press 3A All-State first team as a wide receiver. He was named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Williams was rated as a two-star recruit and the 17th best prospect (#3 wide receiver) in the state of Washington by Scout.com. He was named to the Tacoma News Tribune All-Area first team as a wide receiver. He was a first team 3A All-Narrows League selection as a wide receiver. Williams had 66 receptions for 1,266 yards (second-most in Washington), an average of 19.2 yards per reception and 11 touchdowns for Lincoln, which finished the season 11-1. As a junior in 2013, Williams played at Curtis High School. Named to the Tacoma News Tribune All-Area first team as a punter. He was a two-way starter for the Vikings, totaling 23 receptions for 544 yards and seven touchdowns on offense, while also accounting for 26 total tackles, two interceptions (one returned for a TD) and 29 passes broken up. He also played basketball for Curtis, earning all-league honors and helping lead his team to the 2013 State 4A championship with a 60-56 win over Jackson in the title game. His Eagle teammate Dehonta Hayes (’15) also attended Lincoln. They were coached at Lincoln by Jon Kitna, who was a college teammate of Beau Baldwin’s at Central Washington.

Personal: Marketing major at EWU. Born 1/12/97 in Columbia, S.C. Full name is Jason Williams II. Parents are Clarence Baxley and Dayna Williams. Nickname is “J-Dub.”
 

Year	GP	PC	Hi	Yds	Apr	Apg	TD	Lg
2016	10	0	--	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
2017	11	20	3	252	12.6	1.8	1	59
2018	15	25	5	317	12.7	21.1	0	38
Totals	36	45	5	569	12.6	15.8	1	59

Jayson Williams Long Plays of 40+ Yards (1)
59 yard reception (from Gage Gubrud) – Sacramento State – 9/30/17