Western Carolina University

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in all 11 of the team’s games with 10 starts at wide receiver … Led the team with 47 receptions for 658 receiving yards and a team-high tying six receiving touchdowns for 36 seasonal points … Posted at least two receptions in all 11 games … Recorded three, 100-yard receiving games including a season-high 112 yards on 10 catches in the season-opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3) … Tallied 103 receiving yards on six catches and a score in the home win over VMI (Oct. 1) … Caught eight passes for 102 yards with a TD at Furman (Oct. 15) … Was a first-team preseason All-Southern Conference selection at wide receiver by the league's head coaches ... Named preseason All-Southern Conference by The Bluebloods online publication and first-team preseason All-SoCon by Phil Steele.


2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Started all 11 games at wide receiver ... Led WCU with 73 receptions for 959 receiving yards and nine touchdowns ... Paced the SoCon both with a 6.6 reception per game and 87.2 receiving yards per game average ... Ranked ninth in the SoCon in scoring with nine TDs, averaging 4.9 points per game ... Recorded five, 100-yard receiving games with three double-digit reception games including setting a school-record with 16 catches for a season-high 177 yards in the road win at Wofford (Oct. 30), scoring two TDs ... Caught eight passes for 122 yards in his WCU debut against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 4) ... Caught eight passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns against Samford (Sept. 18) ... Posted his first double-digit receptions game with 11 at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25), eclipsing that with a 12-catch, 147-yard performance with a score in the road win at The Citadel (Oct. 23) ... Named first-team All-Southern Conference by both the league's head coaches and SoCon Sports Media Association ... Tabbed SoCon Freshman of the Year by Phil Steele ... Was a Freshman All-America selection by both HERO Sports and Phil Steele.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Tusculum; Tusculum: Played in five games in the spring 2021 season, catching 13 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown … Averaged 38.8 receiving yards per game with a long reception of 51 yards … High School: Was a First-Team All-Broward selection and a Second-Team All-State honoree … Considered one of the best route runners in South Florida … Selected to the Broward All-Star Team ... Named his high school’s team MVP ... 31 catches for 800 yards and 12 TD in his senior campaign ... Was an honors student ... High school coach was Eddie Frasier.
 
Personal: Full name is Raphael Williams, Jr. ... Nickname is "Poppi" ... Is the son of Rachel Sims and Raphael Williams Sr. … Has four siblings: Mikheal McCray, Radaijah McCray, Ryan Sims - who joined the WCU football team in 2022, and Ry'Carri Dailey.