PJ Williams OT SMU |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #59 SUB-POSITION: Left/Right Tackle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 5.20 seconds (63%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age: 22.3 DOB: 05/04/2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #59 | |
| SUB-POSITION: Left/Right Tackle | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 5.20 seconds (63%*) | |
| Age: 22.3 DOB: 05/04/2004 | |
| Overall Rating: |
87.1 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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78% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Pass Blocking: |
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83% |
| Run Blocking: |
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84% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
1st - Mid
Overall Rank:
#24
Position rank:
#3 (OL)
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| College Games: 40 College Snaps: 2108 | ||
ESPN RATING: 86/100
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247 RATING: 97/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.9 (97%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Gennings Dunker - Iowa |
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94% |
| Graham Barton - Duke |
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91% |
| Cody Mauch - North Dakota State |
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90% |
Draft Profile: Bio
PJ Williams has taken an unconventional path to becoming an NFL Draft prospect. The Dickinson, Texas product began his football career on the defensive line before transitioning to offensive tackle as a sophomore in high school, where he earned three consecutive first-team all-district selections. His athletic versatility shone through as a dual-sport athlete, averaging 12.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game as a senior basketball player while dominating the gridiron.Originally a highly-touted four-star recruit who signed with Texas A&M, Williams saw action in just one game before transferring to SMU. His 2023 campaign with the Mustangs showcased his adaptability, as he appeared in 12 games with four starts at left tackle while also filling in at guard when needed. The 6'5", 318-pound lineman logged 862 offensive snaps in his redshirt freshman season.
Williams' prep career was decorated with accolades, including Under Armour All-American honors and a Class 6A second-team all-state selection by the Texas Sportswriters Association. He helped lead Dickinson High School to an undefeated district record his senior year and multiple playoff appearances, establishing himself as the ninth-ranked overall recruit in Texas.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Twenty-nine career starts, the deepest experience file among these tackles.
- Second-team All-ACC at right tackle with a top-five conference pressure rate.
- Team captain whose leadership shows in penalty discipline and late-game snaps.
- Balanced grades: the pass and run work sit within a point of each other.
- Texas A&M pedigree, a former top-50 recruit who rebuilt his stock at SMU.
- Two sacks allowed all season on 448 pass-blocking snaps.
- Closed conference play with back-to-back clean sheets in protection.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Thirteen hurries reveal a slow-leak pattern: rarely beaten clean, often stressed.
- Miami's length gave him his roughest day, a warning for NFL edges.
- Right-tackle-only film as a fifth-year player; nobody has seen him on the blindside.
Scouting Report: Summary
Experience is the headline: twenty-nine career starts, a captaincy, and a second-team All-ACC season at right tackle in which he allowed two sacks and posted one of the conference's best pressure rates. Williams is a former top-50 recruit who left Texas A&M, rebuilt himself at SMU, and now grades within a point of himself in pass protection and the run game, the balance NFL line coaches read as dependability rather than flash.The film's pattern is slow leaks rather than blowouts. Thirteen hurries say he gets stressed more than beaten, Miami's long edges handed him his roughest afternoon and previewed the Sunday version of that problem, and the file is right tackle only, with no blindside evidence and a fifth-year age curve that limits how much projection remains. What he is now is close to what he will be.
What he is now is a starting NFL right tackle, and the league always needs those. The return to SMU for a final season adds polish rather than answers, but the floor here, twenty-nine starts of balanced, low-error football with captain's intangibles, is among the safest in the class. He projects as a plug-in right side starter early in his rookie contract, with first-round consideration resting on how teams price certainty against ceiling.
How other scouting services rate PJ Williams (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
49.8
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
65.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.