Oklahoma State University Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Roster
Kanion Williams
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Dallas, TX
- High School:
- South Oak Cliff
Pronounced kuh-NYE-un
2021 Team Captain (voted by teammates)
An outstanding performer on special teams who has also rotated in on defense ... Voted a team captain by his teammates in 2021 ... Has played in 39 career games entering the 2022 season.
2021 (Junior): Voted a team captain by his teammates at the end of the season ... Played a vital role on OSU’s special teams units, playing all 14 games and routinely making key blocks and tackles throughout the season ... Played on kick coverage, kick return, punt coverage and punt return units ... Credited with seven tackles on the year, including three in the win over Texas and one each against Kansas, West Virginia, Notre Dame and in the Big 12 Championship game ... His defining play of the season was a block he made during a kickoff return in the win over Tulsa ... With Cowboys trailing 17-14 in the fourth quarter, OSU return-man LD Brown fielded a kickoff inside the 5-yard line and made his way across the field, with Williams in front of him ... Williams engaged the last coverage man who could make a tackle at midfield and pushed him back 20 yards before driving him into the ground at the TU 30-yard line and freeing Brown for what proved to be the touchdown that would put the Cowboys ahead for good ... Other accolades included being honored as OSU’s Co-Special Teams Player of the Week after the WVU game and serving as a game captain against Boise St., Kansas, Oklahoma and Notre Dame.
2020 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games, serving a key role on special teams ... Finished the season with 11 total tackles, including eight solo stops ... His nine total special teams tackles led the team for the year and were three more than any other player on the OSU roster ... His eight kickoff tackles also ranked No. 1 on the team and were three more than any other player ... Had a season-best four tackles in the win over Texas Tech and posted a three-tackle day in the win at Kansas ... Also credited with a quarterback hurry ... Served as a game captain at Kansas.
2019 (Freshman): Saw action in nine games, primarily on special teams ... Tied for the team lead with six tackles on kickoffs ... Honored as OSU’s special teams MVP after logging two solo tackles against TCU ... Earned the same honor against West Virginia ... When his work on defense is included, he had nine tackles on the season, six of which were solo stops ... Set a season high with three tackles against McNeese ... With Williams playing an important role, OSU held its opponents to an average starting field position of their own 24-yard line on kickoffs ... The Cowboys ranked second in the Big 12 in kickoff coverage by yielding a net average of 41.3 yards per kickoff, a mark which trailed league-leader West Virginia by less than one-tenth of a yard.
2018: Redshirted, but played in four games before being shut down for the season ... The bulk of his contributions came on special teams ... Had two tackles on the season, with both coming as part of OSU’s kickoff coverage unit ... The tackles came against Texas and Oklahoma ... Also saw action against Missouri State and Baylor.
High School: Played for coach Jason Todd at South Oak Cliff in Dallas ... Recorded 32 tackles, 24 of which were unassisted, and tallied three tackles for loss during the 2017 season ... Also defended four passes in just seven games played ... Racked up 62 total tackles, including 34 solo stops, during his junior campaign ... Logged three more tackles for loss in 2016 when he played in 12 of South Oak Cliff’s 13 games ... Tallied one quarterback hurry as a junior ... Also intercepted three passes, returning them for a combined 54 yards ... Scored two touchdowns, one an interception return and the other a punt return for a touchdown, during the 2016 campaign ... Was one of nine players on South Oak Cliff’s 2016 roster to score multiple touchdowns that season ... Helped lead South Oak Cliff to a 9-4 record and the District 11-5A championship ... Earned All-District honors for the Bears ... Also ran track in high school, competing as a sprinter ... Posted a personal-best time of 12.04 seconds in the 100-meter dash ... Part of the Men’s Honor Society ... A three-star prospect according to Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports ... ESPN listed him as the No. 35 safety in the 2018 recruiting class and the No. 109 player coming out of Texas in 2018 ... Chose OSU over offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Houston, Utah, Missouri and others.
Personal: Born June 24, 2000, in Dallas, Texas … Son of Kawana Brown and Jerhannes Hodge ... Cousin, Skyler Scott, played football at Baylor ... Marketing Communications major.
