Mike Williams

Mike Williams spent two seasons on the Nebraska staff in 2024 and 2025. He served as a graduate assistant/assistant running backs coach.

 

In 2025, Williams helped Emmett Johnson become a first-team All-American and the Big Ten Running Back of the Year. Johnson rushed for 1,451 yards and 12 touchdowns and added 46 receptions for 370 yards and three scores. Johnson led the nation in scrimmage yards per game (151.8) and all-purpose yards per game (151.8), ranked second in total yards from scrimmage (1,821) and receptions by a running back (46), fourth in rushing yards (1,451) and rushing yards per game (120.9), sixth in carries (251), 11th in receiving yards by a running back (370) and 17th in total touchdowns (15).

 

Williams' work with the Husker offense in 2024 saw Dante Dowdell score 12 rushing touchdowns, the most by a Husker in six seasons.

 

Williams returned to Nebraska after he was a wide receiver with the Cornhuskers in 2018 and 2019. In his first season at Nebraska, Williams played in 12 games with two starts and caught 12 passes for 122 yards. As a senior in 2019, he again played in 12 games and made one start, finishing the year with five receptions for 109 yards. In his career, Williams had 17 receptions for 231 yards.

 

Williams earned his degree in child, youth and family studies from Nebraska in 2020.