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2022 Football Roster

Profile

  • RB
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Richmond, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 213
    Weight
  • Lamar Consolidated HS
    High School
Taye McWilliams 2021
#22
Taye McWilliams
RB
Position
Junior
Class
Richmond, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

2022 (Junior)
Earned the starting running back job in the preseason and played in the first two games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury at No. 21 BYU in week two … Will take a redshirt … Rushed 18 times for 67 yards, also catching five balls for 27 yards … Had 12 rushes for 45 yards and four catches for 20 yards in the season-opening win over UAlbany … Went for six rushes for 22 yards and one catch for seven yards before the injury at BYU. 

2021 (Sophomore)
Played in 10 games as a sophomore ... Finished 4th on the team with 183 rushing yards ... Tied for the third-most rushing touchdowns on the team ... Made his season debut against Texas Southern (9/11), carried the ball six times for 102 yards and his career-first touchdown -- the first 100-yard game of his career ... Rushed six times for 54 yards and a touchdown in the Big 12 opener at Kansas (9/18) ... Did not record any stats against Iowa State (9/25) ... Did not play at Oklahoma State (10/2) ... Had five carries for 25 yards against West Virginia ... Played but did not record any stats against BYU (10/16), Texas (10/30), TCU (11/06), and Oklahoma (11/13) ... Did not play at Kansas State (11/20) ... Played but did not record a stat against Texas Tech (11/27) or Oklahoma State (12/04) ... Did not play in the Sugar Bowl Against Ole Miss.

2020 (Freshman)
Played in his first game against Kansas (9/26), did not record a carry .... Had his first career carry at Iowa State (11/7) for no gain ... Tallied six carries for 31 yards and a catch for four yards in the loss at Texas Tech (11/14) ... Did not play vs. K-State (11/28) ... Had one rush for four yards before exiting early due to injury against OU (12/5) ... Had a team-high 33 yards on five carries, including a career-best 17 yard run in the loss vs. Oklahoma State (12/12).

High School
Played for coach Rick LaFavers at Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg, Texas … Helped team to 9-3 record in 2019 … Rushed for 1,582 yards with 19 touchdowns during senior season … Added 189 receiving yards with three scores … Finished season with three consecutive 200 yard rushing games … Voted District Offensive MVP … First-Team All-District … Totaled 743 rushing yards and nine scores in 2018 ... First-Team All-District honoree as a junior … Scored 33 touchdowns in his high school career … Also ran track … Earned four-star rating from 247 Sports and ESPN ... No. 40 in Texas and No. 25 running back nationally according to 247 Sports … ESPN’s No. 77 player in Texas … No. 40 running back in country … Rivals ranked as No. 45 player in Texas and No. 22 running back in nation … Houston Chronicle ranks as No. 23 in state … DCTF’s No. 32 player in state … No. 4 running back in Texas … DCTF Top 2020 Running back pick … member of DCTF’s Tops in Texas second team … No. 48 in VYPE’s Super 70 … Ranked No. 15 in VYPE’s Hot 100 … Picked Baylor over Texas and Texas Tech.

Personal
Son of Chuck and Javonna McWilliams … has six siblings: Craig, Marcus, Sean, Anthony, Ethan and Donovan … environmental studies: natural resource management major … mid-year enrollee.