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Nov. 19—PULLMAN — For nearly the whole game on Saturday, as No. 25 Washington State tried to put away New Mexico in a road test, Kyle Williams was bugging offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle. He wanted to run a certain play, a call that had him run a deep route out of the slot.
“We finally had the look that we wanted,” Williams said, “and we just took advantage of it.”
Williams had no trouble doing that. In the final minutes of the game, shortly after New Mexico took the lead with a short field goal in the fourth quarter, Williams lined up to the right of the formation, between fellow receivers Kris Hutson and Carlos Hernandez. Quarterback John Mateer took a shotgun snap, dropped back and found Williams open as he headed for the end zone, where he leapt and reeled it in for the go-ahead score.
The Cougars (8-2) couldn’t sustain the lead, letting the Lobos punch in the game-winning score on the next series in a 38-35 victory, but Williams did his part. He hauled in nine catches for 181 yards and three touchdowns, good for his second-straight game with three receiving scores. For the season, Williams has 11 touchdowns, four off the single-season record of 15, which is held by former wideout Gabe Marks.
But that, Williams said, has been nowhere on his radar. Instead, he’s focused on finding ways to help the Cougs win, and the best way he can do that is finding the end zone. Across the last two weeks, he’s flowered into one of the best in the country, at least on deep passes — which is what he’s best at.
Williams was Pro Football Focus’ highest-graded wide receiver for Week 12, earning a figure of 90.2, nearly two full points better than the second-place wideout. For the season, Williams has earned a PFF grade of 99.9 on deep passes — tops in the country among qualified receivers, the highest grade possible. He’s…
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2024-11-20 03:03:00
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