2010 Football Roster
Eric Williams
- Position:
- Tailback
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Warren Central
** Left the Ball State football program for personal reasons in the summer of 2011
** 2010 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team **
** Ball State's 2009 John Hodge Award
Co-Recipient (Most Valuable Freshman) **
2010 (So.): Played in 11 games to earn second letter . . . started five games . . . ranked second in the Mid-American Conference and 40th in the nation in kickoff return average . . . ranked second in the MAC and 34th in the NCAA in all-purpose yardage . . . returned a kick 92 yards for a touchdown vs. Eastern Michigan -- the first kickoff return for a TD in his career . . . tallied the first receiving touchdown of his career with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter at Central Michigan on a career-long 56-yard reception . . . caught a 27-yard TD pass with 22 seconds left in the third quarter at CMU for his third TD of the game and the first multiple touchdown game of his career . . . rushed for his third TD of the season and seventh of his career vs. Western Michigan . . . started his sophomore season with 105 rushing yards and one touchdown on 20 carries vs. Southeast Missouri State in the season opener . . . the performance marked the first 100-yard rushing game of his career . . . returned two kicks for 71 yards vs. SEMO . . . rushed 10 times for 25 yards vs. Liberty . . . posted a career-long 67-yard kickoff return at Purdue. . . fifth rushing touchdown of the season and 10th of his career with 11:21 left in the third quarter vs Northern Illinois . . . rushed for a career high 109 yards on a career best 27 carries at Buffalo . . . tied his career high with seven kickoff returns vs. Northern Illinois . . . returned kicks for a season best 115 yards vs. Liberty and vs. Northern Illinois . . . season long 42-yard rush at Central Michigan.
2009 (Fr.): Played in all 12 games to earn first letter . . . started at Northern Illinois . . . played in Ball State's season opener vs. North Texas as a true freshman . . . registered two rushes and one reception in his collegiate debut . . . rushed for a season high 88 yards vs. Bowling Green . . . rushed a season high 12 times at Northern Illinois and scored his fourth rushing touchdown against the Huskies . . . recorded the first rushing touchdown of his career on a 30-yard run with 12:16 remaining in the third quarter vs. BG . . . tallied his second career rushing TD with 12:06 left in the game vs. Bowling Green . . . returned two kickoffs for 55 yards, including a season long 50-yard return, vs. New Hampshire . . . returned four kickoffs for 101 yards with a long return of 31 yards at Army . . . returned a career high seven kickoffs for a career best 140 yards at Auburn . . . rushed 11 times at Auburn and gained 59 yards . . . managed a 37-yard kickoff return vs. Bowling Green . . . posted a 31-yard kickoff return at Auburn, vs. Toledo and at Temple . . . credited with his first career TD at Temple when he recovered a ball in the endzone which sailed over the head of the Owls' punter . . . rushed for 59 yards on five carries, including a career long 55-yard run and his third rushing touchdown of the season vs. Ohio . . . ranked third on the team in rushing and third in scoring.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for Coach John Hart . . . also lettered four seasons in track . . . Football: Helped team to a 10-3 overall record as a senior . . . helped the Warriors to a 47-7 record, including the 2006 state championship in his career . . . all-state as a senior after rushing 187 times for 1,800 yards and 29 touchdowns . . . Indiana Football Coaches Association Junior All-State . . . IFCA Top 25 . . . named Warren Central’s Most Valuable Player as a senior . . . transferred to Warren Central from Fort Wayne Snider . . . rushed for 3,000 yards on 400 carries and managed 594 receiving yards in career . . . Track: All-State as a junior . . . owns personal bests of :10.6 in the 100-meter dash and :21.9 in the 200.
Personal: Son of Eric Paschall and Shaquanda Williams . . . born Sept. 12, 1990, in Fort Wayne, Ind. . . full name is Eric Miquel Williams.
WILLIAMS, Eric WILLIAMS, Eric
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g
2009
12
64
362
4
55
5.7
30.2
2010
11
127
613
5
42
4.8
55.7
TOTAL
23
191
975
9
55
5.1
42.4
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic
2009
12
0-0-0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2010
11
0-1-0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
TOTAL
23
0-1-0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g
2009
12
362
0
362
30.2
2010
11
613
0
613
55.7
TOTAL
23
975
0
975
42.4
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g
2009
12
2
10
0
8
0.2
5.0
0.8
2010
11
6
108
2
56
0.5
18.0
9.8
TOTAL
23
8
118
2
56
0.3
14.8
5.1
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2009
12
5
4
0
1
0
0
0
30
2.5
2010
11
8
5
2
1
0
0
0
48
4.4
TOTAL
23
13
9
2
2
0
0
0
78
3.4
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2009
12
34
812
0
50
23.9
67.7
2010
11
29
740
1
92
25.5
67.3
TOTAL
23
63
1552
1
92
24.6
67.5
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2009
12
362
10
0
812
0
1184
98.7
2010
11
613
108
0
740
0
1461
132.8
TOTAL
23
975
118
0
1552
0
2645
115.0
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2009
12
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
0
2010
11
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
23
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
0
