Recruiting Responsibility

Ohio Counties: Erie, Huron, Lorian, Medina, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake

Secondary Assignments: I-95 from New York to New Jersey

Jafar Williams is in his second season as running backs coach at Kent State after joining Darrell Hazell’s staff in January of 2011.

During the 2011 season, Williams mentored a pair of true freshmen tailbacks that made an immediate impact for the Golden Flashes.  In their first year of collegiate action, Trayion Durham and Anthony Meray combined for 910 yards rushing and six touchdowns. 

Senior running back Jacquise Terry also had success for the Flashes, gathering 380 yards on the ground with four total touchdowns.  The senior also appeared in the NFL Players Association Collegiate Bowl, where he ran for 29 yards on six carries.

Prior to Kent State, Williams spent the 2010 season as the special teams quality control assistant at Northwestern.

Before joining the Wildcats, Williams was the wide receivers coach at Howard in 2009. Under his guidance, wide receiver Willie Carter earned Second Team All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference honors.

Williams spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons on the staff at Illinois State. As the wide receivers coach for the Redbirds, he mentored First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree Eyad Salem and Second Team pick Jason Horton.

Prior to his tenure with ISU, Williams was the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. He also served as the minority recruiting coordinator for all of the Greyhounds' athletic teams. In 2005, Moravian claimed the first Eastern College Athletic Conference championship in school history.

Before joining the coaching ranks, Williams was a standout receiver for Maryland from 2000-03 with 90 receptions and 1,301 receiving yards. He then spent time with the Washington Redskins, before beginning his coaching career at Moravian.

A native of Philadelphia, Williams received a bachelor's of science degree in health and human performance from Maryland in 2003.