2018: Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in a Week 15 win over the Chiefs: Seven receptions for 76 yards (10.9 avg.) and two TDs while also running in a 19-yard TD and catching the game-winning two-point conversion with less than 10 seconds remaining…Appeared in 16 games, starting five times, including twice as the third WR…Hauled in 43 receptions for 664 yards (15.4 avg.) and 10 TDs…Posted seven carries for 28 yards (4.0 avg.) and a TD…Became the first Chargers WR since 1996 (Tony Martin) to have 10 scrimmage TDs in a single season…With two TD catches and a rushing score in the second matchup against Kansas City, was just the third WR in team annals with a rushing and receiving score in the same game…Added a reception on a successful two-point conversion…On the first scoring catch of his career, became the 37th player to haul in a TD from QB Philip Rivers…Started both postseason games at WR, including one as the team’s third WR…Posted seven receptions for 110 yards (15.7 avg.)…Awards: AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 15)…Pro Football Journal First-Team All-AFC (Third WR)…vs. Kansas City (Sept. 9): Registered a single-game career-high 81 receiving yards on five catches (16.2 avg.) with all five receptions moving the chains…Extended a scoring drive in the fourth quarter on third-and-five on a seam-route before spinning out of a tackle and fighting through another for a 25-yard gain…Kept another TD drive alive on second-and-19 by finding the soft spot in the zone in front of two defenders on a dig-route from the left side of the formation for a 23-yard gain…at Buffalo (Sept. 16): Opened as the third WR, the second start of his career…Recorded two receptions for 27 yards (13.5 avg.), including a 10-yard TD for the first score of his career…Became the 37th player to catch a TD from Philip Rivers…On the score, ran a seam-route to get inside position on CB Vontae Davis…Later in the first quarter, ran a deep curl to find the soft spot in the zone to move the chains on third-and-12…at Los Angeles Rams (Sept. 23): Hauled in four passes for 81 yards (20.3 avg.) and two TDs, marking the first multi-TD game of his career…Tied his single-game career high in receiving yards…On the first score, ran a go-route and got behind CBs Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib before laying out to make a diving 42-yard grab…Caught his second TD of the day on a flag-route on fourth-and-two, powering through S Lamarcus Joyner for the score after corralling the pass at the three-yard line…vs. San Francisco (Sept. 30): Registered a 15-yard catch…Ran a crossing-route in the third quarter, hauling in the 15-yard pass despite tight coverage from DB Greg Mabin…vs. Oakland (Oct. 7): Started as the third WR…Recorded three receptions for 45 yards (15.0 avg.)…Registered a three-yard gain on the first carry of his career…On a catch in the third quarter, settled between levels in the zone defense to bring in a 16-yard pass to move the chains…Blocked CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie late in the first half on a screen pass to RB Melvin Gordon III that went for 34 yards…at Cleveland (Oct. 14): Recorded a four-yard catch and a 10-yard carry…Contributed with a block on DB Denzel Ward on a 16-yard screen pass to WR Keenan Allen in the second quarter…vs. Tennessee (Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21): Caught a career-long 55-yard pass for a TD to open the scoring in the second half…On the play, sprinted behind S Kendrick Lewis on a deep corner-route to get open for the score…at Seattle (Nov. 4): Caught a 30-yard TD pass…On the play, ran a hitch-route along the left sideline and broke a tackle attempt by CB Tre Flowers, tiptoeing along the sideline to stay in bounds for the score…at Oakland (Nov. 11): Posted a zero-yard carry, participating on 26 offensive snaps…vs. Denver (Nov. 18): Had two key receptions for 56 yards (28.0 avg.)…On his first catch, ran a corner-route to bring in a 27-yard pass along the left sideline on third-and-10…Set up the team’s first TD of the day by elevating on a jump ball over CB Tramaine Brock Sr., for a 29-yard gain on third-and-four, getting the ball to the Denver four-yard line…vs. Arizona (Nov. 25): Started as the lone WR…Registered four catches for 25 yards (6.3 avg.) and two TDs…On the first score, ran a flag-route on the left side and jumped to bring in the nine-yard pass, keeping control to the ground…Caught his second TD from Philip Rivers to close the first half on a fade-route, beating the coverage of CB David Amerson in the front left corner of the end zone…at Pittsburgh (Dec. 2): Recorded three catches for 52 yards (17.3 avg.)…Ran a post-route that went for a 20-yard gain in the third quarter, getting behind the linebackers and settling in front of S Terrell Edmunds in a soft spot of the zone defense…Later in the third quarter, posted an 18-yard reception on a deep crossing route, corralling the pass in front of CB Coty Sensabaugh and LB L.J. Fort as Philip Rivers threw a perfectly placed ball over the underneath coverage of CB Mike Hilton…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 9): Totaled 45 receiving yards on three catches (15.0 avg.)…Moved the chains with a 17-yard grab on a deep hitch-route down the seam in front of CB KeiVarae Russell on third-and-10 in the fourth quarter…Blocked CB William Jackson on a 15-yard gain by RB Austin Ekeler in the first quarter…at Kansas City (Dec. 13): Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week…Posted a 19-yard TD run and seven catches for 76 yards (10.9 avg.) and two TDs, becoming the third Chargers WR in history (and first since 2002) with a rushing and receiving score in a single game…The three TDs brought his total to 10 for the season, making him the first Bolts WR since 1996 (Tony Martin) to do so…Started at WR…Began his night with a 38-yard gain on a go-route down the left sideline, before closing out the drive by high-pointing the ball on a fade-route with CB Steven Nelson in coverage for a three-yard TD…Added a rushing TD in the third quarter, taking an end-around toss to the right and splitting through defenders for the 19-yard score after a freeing block at the line of scrimmage by TE Virgil Green…Hauled in a back-shoulder fade while covered by CB Orlando Scandrick with four seconds remaining for a one-yard TD catch…On the ensuing two-point conversion, slipped by defenders to the back of the end zone for the wide open game-winning conversion…vs. Baltimore (Dec. 22): Posted a seven-yard catch…Started as the team’s lone WR, participating on 40 offensive plays…at Denver (Dec. 30): Hauled in five passes for 65 yards (13.0 avg.) and a TD…Added a carry that went for -11 yards…Eclipsed 10 receiving TDs on the season…Ran a wheel-route to the right in the first quarter with CB Tramaine Brock Jr., in coverage, catching a back-shoulder fade pass for 18 yards…Posted the score in the third quarter, running up the left seam and making a three-yard TD catch…at Baltimore (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 6): Made his NFL postseason debut, starting as the team’s third WR…Registered two receptions for 42 yards (21.0 avg.) and caught a two-point conversion…Ran a seam-route on the left side of the formation to get behind CB Jimmy Butler, corralling a floated pass from Philip Rivers over the top for a 28-yard gain…Later in the drive after a one-yard TD run by Melvin Gordon, caught a two-point conversion wide open in the left corner of the end zone on a corner-route…at New England (AFC Divisional, Jan. 13): Posted 68 receiving yards on five catches (13.6 avg.) with four of the receptions going for first downs…Hauled in an 18-yard gain on third-and-15 on a go-route in the first quarter by pulling a double-move at the line of scrimmage to get by CB Jason McCourty…Started as the team’s lone WR.
2017: Appeared in 10 games with one start…Inactive for six games, including the first five weeks of the season recovering from a back injury before making his NFL debut against Oakland…Posted 11 catches for 95 yards (8.6 avg.)…Moved the chains on a 15-yard catch on third down for his first career reception…Caught the 3,989th completion of QB Philip Rivers’ career, passing Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon for No. 8 in NFL history at the time…at Denver (Sept. 11): Inactive (back)…at Oakland (Oct. 15): Made his NFL debut, hauling in a 15-yard catch on third-and-six to convert for a first down…Saw first action of career on a fourth-and-two attempt late in the first quarter…vs. Denver (Oct. 22): Played 14 snaps on offense in the second game of his career…at New England (Oct. 29): Caught a seven-yard pass on 22 offensive plays…Sealed a lane with WR Tyrell Williams for RB Melvin Gordon to post an 87-yard TD run in the first quarter…at Jacksonville (Nov. 12): Posted two catches for 24 yards (12.0 avg.)...Hauled in a 20-yard pass in the second quarter for Philip Rivers’ 3,989th career completion, passing Warren Moon for No. 8 at the time in league annals…Appeared on 27 offensive plays…vs. Buffalo (Nov. 19): Recorded five receptions for 38 receiving yards (7.6 avg.)…at Dallas (Nov. 23): Played an offensive snap before exiting with a knee injury…vs. Cleveland (Dec. 3): Inactive (knee)…vs. Washington (Dec. 10): Played 35 snaps on offense and hauled in a three-yard reception…at Kansas City (Dec. 16): Appeared on 30 offensive plays…at New York Jets (Dec. 24): Played 26 snaps on offense…vs. Oakland (Dec. 31): Made the first start of his career as the third WR, seeing action on 27 offensive plays…Posted an eight-yard catch.
COLLEGE: Played three seasons (2013-14, ’16) at Clemson with a medical redshirt in 2015…Corralled 177 receptions for 2,727 yards (15.4 avg.) and 21 TDs in his career, good for fifth, fourth and third, respectively, in school history…Saw action in 42 games with 30 starts…Capped off his collegiate career by helping Clemson win a national title, totaling 94 yards and a TD on eight catches (11.8 avg.) in the victory over Alabama…Started 15 contests while tallying team highs in receptions (98), receiving yards (1,361) and TD catches (11) as a junior in 2016, earning second-team All-American and first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors…His 98 catches were good for the second-most in a single season in school history while his 1,361 yards marked the third-most single-season output by a Tiger…Posted five 100-yard performances as a junior, including a 200-yard output and three that went for 140-plus yards…Suffered a season-ending neck injury in the season opener of 2015, resulting in a medical redshirt…Was placed on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List to start his sophomore season in 2014 before posting 57 catches for 1,030 yards (18.1 avg.) and six TDs in 13 games with 11 starts.
PERSONAL: Given name Mike Williams…Born in Vance, S.C. …Played alongside Chargers WR Artavis Scott in college…Had his number retired by his high school in October 2018…Earned a degree in sociology from Clemson…High School: Played WR, S and limited action at QB at Lake Marion High in Santee, S.C. …Finished his senior season ranked as the No. 3 player in the state by ESPN.
2017 Selected by Los Angeles Chargers in the first round (seventh overall) of NFL Draft, April 27…Signed rookie contract, May 12.
