PJ Williams OT SMU |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #59 SUB-POSITION: Right Tackle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 09/28/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 5.20 seconds (63%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age: 22.5 DOB: 05/04/2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #59 | |
| SUB-POSITION: Right Tackle | |
| Last Updated: 09/28/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 5.20 seconds (63%*) | |
| Age: 22.5 DOB: 05/04/2004 | |
| Overall Rating: |
86.4 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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77% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Pass Blocking: |
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74% |
| Run Blocking: |
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77% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
2nd - Mid
Overall Rank:
#47
Position rank:
#9 (OL)
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| College Games: 44 College Snaps: 2360 | ||
ESPN RATING: 86/100
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247 RATING: 97/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.9 (97%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Gennings Dunker - Iowa |
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97% |
| Josh Simmons - Ohio State |
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91% |
| Brian Parker II - Duke |
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91% |
Draft Profile: Bio
A Texas A&M signee who rebuilt his stock at SMU, Williams became a fixture at right tackle, earning third-team All-ACC in 2024 and second-team honors in 2025 across a deep starting career.He allowed just two sacks in 2025 and served as a team captain, a low-error, experienced protector with nearly thirty career starts.
For 2026 he was named captain again and moved back to left tackle after two years on the right side, taking on the blind side for the first time as a projected early-round pick, an adjustment that has been a work in progress early in the season.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Twenty-nine career starts, the deepest experience file among these tackles.
- Second-team All-ACC at right tackle, allowing just two sacks on the season.
- Team captain whose leadership shows in penalty discipline and late-game snaps.
- Balanced tape: the pass protection and run blocking are of a piece.
- Texas A&M pedigree, a former top-50 recruit who rebuilt his stock at SMU.
- Closed conference play with back-to-back clean sheets in protection.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Thirteen hurries reveal a slow-leak pattern: rarely beaten clean, often stressed.
- Miami's length gave him his roughest day, a warning for NFL edges.
- Right-tackle-only film as a fifth-year player; nobody has seen him on the blindside.
- A fifth-year age curve leaves little projection left; what he is now is close to the ceiling.
Scouting Report: Summary
Williams is a dependable, experienced right tackle with twenty-nine career starts and a captaincy who allowed just two sacks and plays the pass and the run within the same narrow band. However, the film shows slow leaks rather than blowouts, Miami's long edges handed him his roughest afternoon and previewed the Sunday version of that problem, and the file was right tackle only until a 2026 move to left tackle, and a fifth-year age curve limits the projection.Overall, Williams has an upright, low-error style that teams bet on for the traits, IQ and toughness, but what he is now is close to his ceiling. He projects as a Day 2 plug-in tackle who should compete for a starting job as a rookie, with the new blindside reps aiding his versatility and the floor of a swing tackle if the length gets exposed.
How other scouting services rate PJ Williams (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
60.8
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
11.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.