CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Appeared in 10 games with one start, registering 11 catches for 95 yards (8.6) with the first catch of his career moving the chains on third down.
• Was on the receiving end of QB Philip Rivers’ 3,989th completion to push the QB past Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon for eighth on the all-time completions list.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Appeared in 10 games with one start, registering 11 catches for 95 yards (8.6) with the first catch of his career moving the chains on third down.
• Was on the receiving end of QB Philip Rivers’ 3,989th completion to push the QB past Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon for eighth on the all-time completions list.

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…Appeared on 11 offensive plays…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): Set career highs with five receptions for 38 receiving yards (7.6 avg.)…Participated on a career-high 41 offensive snaps…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. …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.

CAREER NFL TRANSACTIONS:

2017             Selected by Los Angeles Chargers in the first round (seventh overall) of NFL Draft, April 27…Signed rookie contract, May 11.