Biography
Career Awards
2016 Harlon Hill Nominee
2016 All-Super Region One (3rd team)
2016 All-PSAC West (2nd team)
2015 Harlon Hill Nominee
2015 Super Region One Freshman of the Year (Don Hansen)
2015 PSAC West Freshman of the Year
2015 All-PSAC West (2nd team)
GENERAL: Two-time Harlon Hill Award nominee as the top player in Division II ... Going into his third season, has established himself as one of the top players in the region and is arguably the most dynamic quarterback in the nation ... His name is already splashed all over the IUP history books with game, season and career records ... His 1,823 rushing yards is 17th most in school history, while his 24 rushing touchdowns are 10th ... Williams also owns the school record for completion percentage in a season and career, and has two of the best overall passing games in IUP history ... His 5,204 career total offense yards ranks eighth in school history ... Williams' career 247.8 total yards per game average is the best in IUP history ... Enters his junior season coming off of an injury he suffered in the ninth game of the season against Mercyhurst, which ended his 2016 campaign ... Owns a career 17-3 record as a starting quarterback.
2016: Harlon Hill Award nominee for second straight season ... Second team All-PSAC West for second straight year … Lost season after just nine games with injury against Mercyhurst ... Led Division II in passing efficiency (214.0), yards per completion (19.70), and yards per attempt (13.47) … Finished year with 2,426 total yards, 26 total touchdowns ... Set new IUP record by averaging 269.4 total yards per game, despite playing in just three full games ... 38 total plays of 20 yards or more (31 pass, seven rush) … Seven plays of 60-plus yards … 89-yard touchdown pass against Slippery Rock is tied for second longest pass play in IUP history … Four straight games with a 68-yard plus pass … Threw for 1,832 yards and 14 touchdowns ... Went 93-for-136 and threw just one interception ... Lead the PSAC and ranked seventh in Division II with a 68.4 completion percentage … That mark also set a new IUP single season record ... Began year with 73 straight passes without an interception, and is ended on streak of 62 straight passes without a pick … Had 594 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns ... Averaged 5.7 yards on 104 carries ... Averaged 66.0 rushing yards per game ... Three 100-yard rushing games ... Second straight year with 12 rushing touchdowns ... 468 total yards, six total touchdowns, 257.58 passing efficiency in season-opener against East Stroudsburg … Passer efficiency of 257.58 in season opener at East Stroudsburg was the 10th best by any Division II quarterback this season … It was also a single game IUP record … 380 passing yards against East Stroudsburg was career-high and fifth most in IUP history … 468 total yards (88 rush) against ESU is second most (to his own 504) in program history … Six touchdowns against ESU tied an IUP record … Went 7-for-7 for 224 yards and two touchdowns, with 110 rushing yards and a touchdown on 10 carries in less than two quarters at Gannon.
2015: One of 38 nominees (eight from region) for Harlon Hill Award, given to top player in Division II … Super Region One Freshman of the Year … PSAC West Freshman of the Year … Second team All-PSAC West … First IUP quarterback since Kevin Weidl in 2004 to earn All-PSAC honors … First freshman quarterback to be named All-PSAC West since Trevor Harris in 2006 … Catalyst for new spread offense, totaling 2,778 yards and 21 touchdowns in 12 games … Broke IUP single game record with 504 total yards at Slippery Rock … Electric runner, finished third in the PSAC and 21st in the nation with 1,229 rushing yards … Rushing yards were second most by a quarterback in Division II … Also second in Division II with 7.8 yards per carry average … Ran for 100-plus yards six times during season, … Had career-high 205 yards at Seton Hill … Ran for 151 yards and tied program playoff record with four rushing touchdowns at Charleston … Set numerous IUP quarterback rushing records, including yards in a game, season, career, and rushing touchdowns in a game and season … Completed 57.8 percent of his passes, going 119-for-206 for 1,549 yards, nine touchdowns and four interceptions … Had a quarterback efficiency of 131.5, ninth in the PSAC … Completion percentage was sixth in the conference … Averaged 129.1 passing yards per game … Threw for career-high 364 yards along with two touchdowns at Slippery Rock … Also had career-highs with 22 completions and 33 attempts against The Rock … Had 39 plays of 20 yards or more (22 pass, 17 rush) … Five 20-plus yard touchdowns … Nine of those 39 plays were of 45 yards or more, including 64-yard touchdown run against Gannon and 63-yard touchdown pass against Kutztown … Made collegiate debut in IUP opening game against Kutztown, coming off the bench to total 215 yards (163 pass, 52 rush) and two touchdowns (one pass, one rush) … Made first career start following week against Lock Haven, totaling 109 yards (44 pass, 65 rush) and a rushing touchdown … Made 11 starts in 12 games … Joined IUP in the summer after transferring from Temple.
2014 (at Temple): Redshirted.
High School: Four-year starter at QB for coach Dan Bradley at Sto-Rox High School … finished his career as the WPIAL's all-time leading passer with 8,509 yards and 102 touchdowns … also rushed for nearly 3,000 yards … as a junior, was named a Fab 22 selection, WPIAL co-offensive player of the year and 2012 Big 7 Conference player of the year ... earned all-state and all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... selected to play in the Big 33 game ... also played basketball for three years ... earned academic honor roll all four years and attained National Honor Society as a senior.
Personal: Born Leonard L. Williams on 11/16/95 in McKees Rocks, PA … mother is Kelly Dorsey ... brothers Shamon (18) and Cameron (1) and sisters Sharaya (22) and Beauty (14) ... list of favorites include: Juice (movie), Martin (TV show), rap and R&B (music), If You Give a Mouse a Cookie... (book), fried chicken (food) ... nearly had a finger amputated in a hedge clipping accident ... would like to become a CPA and plans to major in accounting and finance.
