Rawleigh Williams III (born August 28, 1996) is a former

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offense ...

. He played college football at the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...

. Williams was named to the 2025 class

Forbes 30 Under 30 ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 is a set of lists published annually by ''Forbes'' magazine since 2011 consisting of 30 notable people under 30 years old in various industries. The American list consists of 600 people, with 30 selected in each of 20 sect ...

List for their sport's category.

Early years

Williams III attended

Bishop Lynch High School Bishop Lynch High School is a college preparatory school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas founded by the Dominican Order in Dallas, Texas, United States. The school serves grades 9–12. It opened in 1963 with 365 students and now has ov ...

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

. During his career he rushed for 5,023 yards and 71 touchdowns, including 2,814 yards and 37 touchdowns his senior year. He originally committed to the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (Epithet, byname Ole Miss) is a Public university, public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a University of Mississippi Medical Center, medical center in Jackson, Miss ...

to play college football, but changed to the

College career

As a true freshman at Arkansas in 2015, Williams rushed for 254 yards and a touchdown on 56 carries over seven games. He missed the final six games of the season after suffering a neck injury. Williams returned from the injury in 2016 and took over as the starting running back. He ended the regular season with an SEC leading 1,326 yards with 14 touchdowns. On May 8, 2017, Williams announced that he was stepping down from football due to an injury he suffered during spring activities.

Work

In 2021, Williams was named a Founding Partner of the sports division at management company Milk & Honey. In 2023, Williams also began as Co-Founder of sip Torne., an award-winninghttps://rtdmagazine.com/blogs/rtd-cocktail-ratings/sip-torne-espresso-martini Dallas-based canned espresso martini company.

References

External links

*
Arkansas Razorbacks bio
*Instagra

1996 births Living people Players of American football from Dallas American football running backs Arkansas Razorbacks football players 21st-century American sportsmen {{Runningback-1990s-stub