← 2021 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #35 OVERALL · RB

Javonte Williams

Drafted by DEN · GM George Paton · North Carolina

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Javonte Williams across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played70
Games started45
Weighted career AV28
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2021 · Round 2 · #35

DEN draft credit

GM George Paton

Team games54
Team starts29
On-team AV21
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.20 contribution25th of 38 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

Javonte Williams was George Paton's 25th-best of 38 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.20. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from George Paton's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
54
on drafting team · 70 full-career
Games started
29
on drafting team · 45 full-career
Snap-z
2.9
4 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
21
modeled; full weighted AV 28
AV / 1k snaps
11.9
1,764 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.2
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move George Paton's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every George Paton pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Javonte Williams totals -0.20. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+79. II#9 · Patrick Surtain II · aggregate +7.06II +7.198. Meinerz#98 · Quinn Meinerz · aggregate +4.87Meinerz +4.964. Bonitto#64 · Nik Bonitto · aggregate +3.34Bonitto +3.3239. Cooper#239 · Jonathon Cooper · aggregate +3.16Cooper +3.263. Mims#63 · Marvin Mims · aggregate +1.67216. Crawshaw#216 · Jeremy Crawshaw · aggregate +1.0612. Nix#12 · Bo Nix · aggregate +0.7383. Moss#83 · Riley Moss · aggregate +0.68102. Franklin#102 · Troy Franklin · aggregate +0.65235. Vele#235 · Devaughn Vele · aggregate +0.65115. Mathis#115 · Damarri Mathis · aggregate +0.61257. Forsyth#257 · Alex Forsyth · aggregate +0.61241. Lohner#241 · Caleb Lohner · aggregate +0.51105. Browning#105 · Baron Browning · aggregate +0.49171. Wattenberg#171 · Luke Wattenberg · aggregate +0.41232. Hicks#232 · Faion Hicks · aggregate +0.2160. Harvey#60 · RJ Harvey · aggregate +0.11147. Estime#147 · Audric Estime · aggregate +0.07162. Washington#162 · Montrell Washington · aggregate +0.03256. Gargiulo#256 · Nick Gargiulo · aggregate +0.0274. Bryant#74 · Pat Bryant · aggregate -0.03145. Abrams-Draine#145 · Kris Abrams-Draine · aggregate -0.07134. Robinson#134 · Quandarrius Robinson · aggregate -0.07101. Jones#101 · Sai'vion Jones · aggregate -0.1035. Williams#35 · Javonte Williams · aggregate -0.20Williams -0.2183. Skinner#183 · JL Skinner · aggregate -0.2780. Dulcich#80 · Greg Dulcich · aggregate -0.35206. Henningsen#206 · Matt Henningsen · aggregate -0.36152. Turner-Yell#152 · Delarrin Turner-Yell · aggregate -0.51116. Uwazurike#116 · Eyioma Uwazurike · aggregate -0.5476. Elliss#76 · Jonah Elliss · aggregate -0.6067. Sanders#67 · Drew Sanders · aggregate -0.62152. Sterns#152 · Caden Sterns · aggregate -0.69253. Spencer#253 · Marquiss Spencer · aggregate -0.8120. Barron#20 · Jahdae Barron · aggregate -0.85237. Jr.#237 · Kary Vincent Jr. · aggregate -0.86219. Williams#219 · Seth Williams · aggregate -0.93164. Johnson#164 · Jamar Johnson · aggregate -1.14

Incremental contribution by season

-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+18+20+222021 · Quinn Meinerz · incremental +0.722021 · Patrick Surtain II · incremental +1.182021 · Jonathon Cooper · incremental +1.342021 · Javonte Williams · incremental -0.422021 · Caden Sterns · incremental -0.592021 · Marquiss Spencer · incremental -1.152021 · Seth Williams · incremental -1.292021 · Kary Vincent Jr. · incremental -1.312021 · Baron Browning · incremental -1.602021 · Jamar Johnson · incremental -1.682022 · Javonte Williams · incremental +0.022022 · Montrell Washington · incremental +0.242022 · Faion Hicks · incremental +0.492022 · Nik Bonitto · incremental +0.722022 · Quinn Meinerz · incremental +0.772022 · Damarri Mathis · incremental +1.142022 · Jonathon Cooper · incremental +1.322022 · Luke Wattenberg · incremental +1.802022 · Patrick Surtain II · incremental +4.592022 · Greg Dulcich · incremental -0.102022 · Kary Vincent Jr. · incremental -0.222022 · Seth Williams · incremental -0.222022 · Marquiss Spencer · incremental -0.232022 · Jamar Johnson · incremental -0.282022 · Matt Henningsen · incremental -0.332022 · Eyioma Uwazurike · incremental -0.382022 · Caden Sterns · incremental -0.402022 · Delarrin Turner-Yell · incremental -0.462022 · Baron Browning · incremental -1.432023 · Javonte Williams · incremental +0.022023 · Alex Forsyth · incremental +0.072023 · Riley Moss · incremental +0.192023 · Baron Browning · incremental +0.492023 · Damarri Mathis · incremental +0.582023 · Nik Bonitto · incremental +0.992023 · Quinn Meinerz · incremental +1.262023 · Marvin Mims · incremental +1.512023 · Jonathon Cooper · incremental +1.882023 · Luke Wattenberg · incremental +1.912023 · Patrick Surtain II · incremental +2.532023 · JL Skinner · incremental -0.142023 · Matt Henningsen · incremental -0.202023 · Kary Vincent Jr. · incremental -0.242023 · Marquiss Spencer · incremental -0.242023 · Seth Williams · incremental -0.262023 · Jamar Johnson · incremental -0.312023 · Caden Sterns · incremental -0.342023 · Delarrin Turner-Yell · incremental -0.452023 · Greg Dulcich · incremental -0.642023 · Drew Sanders · incremental -0.852024 · Javonte Williams · incremental +0.002024 · Kris Abrams-Draine · incremental +0.022024 · Audric Estime · incremental +0.122024 · Troy Franklin · incremental +0.432024 · Riley Moss · incremental +0.702024 · Alex Forsyth · incremental +0.792024 · Bo Nix · incremental +0.862024 · Devaughn Vele · incremental +1.472024 · Marvin Mims · incremental +1.532024 · Jonathon Cooper · incremental +1.892024 · Nik Bonitto · incremental +2.682024 · Baron Browning · incremental +3.512024 · Quinn Meinerz · incremental +3.552024 · Patrick Surtain II · incremental +4.472024 · Nick Gargiulo · incremental -0.042024 · Damarri Mathis · incremental -0.072024 · Matt Henningsen · incremental -0.102024 · JL Skinner · incremental -0.192024 · Marquiss Spencer · incremental -0.222024 · Kary Vincent Jr. · incremental -0.232024 · Seth Williams · incremental -0.232024 · Eyioma Uwazurike · incremental -0.292024 · Jamar Johnson · incremental -0.302024 · Caden Sterns · incremental -0.312024 · Greg Dulcich · incremental -0.532024 · Drew Sanders · incremental -0.592024 · Jonah Elliss · incremental -0.602024 · Luke Wattenberg · incremental -0.812025 · Nick Gargiulo · incremental +0.132025 · RJ Harvey · incremental +0.202025 · Marvin Mims · incremental +0.432025 · Alex Forsyth · incremental +0.622025 · Caleb Lohner · incremental +0.782025 · Bo Nix · incremental +0.972025 · Riley Moss · incremental +0.982025 · Troy Franklin · incremental +1.182025 · Jonathon Cooper · incremental +1.482025 · Jeremy Crawshaw · incremental +1.512025 · Patrick Surtain II · incremental +2.242025 · Nik Bonitto · incremental +2.582025 · Quinn Meinerz · incremental +4.562025 · Pat Bryant · incremental -0.042025 · Kris Abrams-Draine · incremental -0.052025 · Matt Henningsen · incremental -0.102025 · Quandarrius Robinson · incremental -0.162025 · JL Skinner · incremental -0.182025 · Kary Vincent Jr. · incremental -0.222025 · Marquiss Spencer · incremental -0.232025 · Seth Williams · incremental -0.242025 · Delarrin Turner-Yell · incremental -0.262025 · Jamar Johnson · incremental -0.282025 · Caden Sterns · incremental -0.292025 · Sai'vion Jones · incremental -0.362025 · Jonah Elliss · incremental -0.532025 · Eyioma Uwazurike · incremental -0.572025 · Luke Wattenberg · incremental -1.642025 · Jahdae Barron · incremental -1.70Williams -0.4Williams +0.0II +4.6Williams +0.0Cooper +1.9Wattenberg +1.9II +2.5Williams +0.0Cooper +1.9Bonitto +2.7Browning +3.5Meinerz +3.5II +4.5II +2.2Bonitto +2.6Meinerz +4.6202110 players202219 players202321 players202428 players202529 players
Above expectationBelow expectationJavonte WilliamsGM total +17.9Javonte Williams by season -0.4

How much retained production did Javonte Williams return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of Javonte Williams since 2010 (14 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50+0.5Model value above slot35. ChubbNick Chubb · model value +0.838. HendersonTreVeyon Henderson · model value +0.536. HallBreece Hall · model value +0.531. MichelSony Michel · model value +0.331. MartinDoug Martin · model value +0.235. SwiftD'Andre Swift · model value +0.238. IIRonald Jones II · model value +0.235. WilliamsJavonte Williams · model value 0032. Edwards-HelaireClyde Edwards-Helaire · model value -0.130. BestJahvid Best · model value -0.137. BernardGiovani Bernard · model value -0.136. YeldonT.J. Yeldon · model value -0.236. JudkinsQuinshon Judkins · model value -0.232. WilsonDavid Wilson · model value -0.438. WilliamsRyan Williams · model value -0.5
Javonte WilliamsSlot-similar peers (14)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'22'24'2501122334401Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2021DEN1795551.4814.4
2022DEN42142-0.617.0
2023DEN1664930.9612.2
2024DEN17135741.2610.5
2025DAL16147692.1911.7

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