POSITION: Forward
BIRTHDATE: Jan. 4, 1998
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 210
HOMETOWN: Montgomery, Ala.
YOUTH CLUB: Capital City Streaks
PREVIOUS TEAMS: Tampa Bay Rowdies, Phoenix Rising FC, FC Tulsa, Atlanta United FC, Birmingham Legion FC, Columbus Crew
PROFILE
With a professional career spanning across six teams, Williams brings a seasoned veteran mentality to the Rhode Island FC attack. A surprise player announcement at the inaugural Rhode Island FC Kit Reveal Party on December 4, 2023, Williams enters his sixth USL Championship season. The Birmingham, Alabama native most recently played for 2023 Eastern Conference frontrunners Tampa Bay Rowdies. With 137 professional appearances to his name, including 10 in MLS and more than 9,000 minutes of action since his professional debut in 2019, Williams has also spent time with the Columbus Crew (2019), Birmingham Legion FC (2019/20), Atlanta United FC (2020/21), FC Tulsa (2022) and Phoenix Rising FC (2022). The forward had a career-best season in Tampa Bay, where he scored 12 goals and notched nine assists across 31 regular season appearances. In total, Williams brings 36 USL Championship goals and 19 assists to the Ocean State in 2024. The 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year in Alabama, Williams was a two-time all-state honoree and three-time state champion in high school. In his senior campaign, Williams scored 65 goals and assisted 20 more in just 20 matches. At the collegiate level, Williams played three seasons at the University of Kentucky before he was selected 18th overall by Columbus Crew in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. Williams tallied 24 goals and 15 assists in 57 NCAA matches in Lexington. Williams concluded his collegiate campaign with a school-record 18 goals and was named First-Team All-American.