2016-17 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 29 games. Drexel (11/11): Had two rebound and two points. Saint Peter’s (11/13): Grabbed five rebounds...Had one steal and one assist...Also made one free throw. No. 13 Tennessee (11/20): Pulled in four rebounds...Added one steal and one block...Knocked down one free throw. vs. Georgia State (11/24): Secured two rebounds...Had two assists and one steal. vs. Georgetown (11/25): Blocked one shot and added two rebounds...Posted two steals and one assist. at Boston College (11/30): Pulled down eight rebounds...Scored four points...Had one steal and one assist. at Holy Cross (12/7): Pulled down four rebounds and had one block. Pittsburgh (12/10): Tallied nine points and a team-best eight rebounds...Went 3-for-6 from the free throw line...Had one steal. Iona (12/20): Scored four points and had four rebounds...Dished out one assist and had one steal. Indiana (12/28): Scored two points with one rebound. at Rutgers (12/31): Pulled down two rebounds. Iowa (1/3): Hauled in seven rebounds...Scored six points, including a 2-for-3 effort from the floor. at Purdue (1/7): Grabbed four rebounds...Scored two points...Had one assist and one block. at No. 3 Maryland (1/11): Secured three rebounds. Wisconsin (1/16): Had two points, one rebound and one block. Nebraska (1/19): Grabbed five rebounds...Added one steal. at Indiana (1/23): Had two rebounds. Illinois (1/29): Tallied two rebounds. at Ohio State (2/1): Scored four points...Brought down six rebounds...Had a team-best two blocks...Added one steal. Minnesota (2/8): Grabbed two rebounds and scored two points. Purdue (2/11): Pulled down two rebounds. at Illinois (2/14): Tallied two points and one rebound...Added one steal. at Michigan State (2/22): Notched two rebounds. vs. Minnesota (3/2): Tallied two points and added six rebounds...Had one assist, one blocked shot and one steal. Ohio (3/17): Notched two points and three rebounds...Added one assist...Tied the program WNIT record for blocked shots in a game with two. Fordham (3/19): Had one rebound. Virgina Tech (3/23): Played 10 minutes...Registered one rebound.
2015-16 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 28 games. Holy Cross (11/13): Scored two points going 2-for-2 from the free throw stripe. Fordham (11/15): Scored two points going 2-for-2 from the free throw stripe. Central Connecticut State (11/22): Scored two points and secured her first career rebound and blocked shot. vs. BYU (11/28): Grabbed four rebounds and had one steal. at USF (12/6): Made one free throw in four minutes of action. at St. Bonaventure (12/12): Notched two points in six minutes of action...Had two rebounds. Northwestern (12/31): Notched four points...Pulled down three rebounds. at Minnesota (1/3): Played two minutes with two rebounds. Michigan State (1/7): Grabbed two rebounds. at Wisconsin (1/10): Grabbed six rebounds, including five offensive boards...Made one free throw...Also tallied one block. Nebraska (1/13): Tallied three points and five rebounds...Had one steal. Michigan (1/17): Tied for team high with two blocks...Also had three rebounds and two points. at Iowa (1/20): Scored four points and posted six rebounds...Added a team-best two blocks. at Illinois (1/23): Scored one point and had three rebounds. Maryland (1/27): Grabbed two rebounds. Purdue (1/30): Had one rebound and one steal. at Nebraska (2/2): Blocked a team-best two shots...Had one rebound. Rutgers (2/7): Had one rebound and one steal. at Michigan (2/20): Nabbed two rebounds. at Indiana (2/27): Went 2-for-2 from the field and made three of her four free throw attempts for seven points...Had three rebounds...Notched a team-high two blocks. vs. Illinois (3/2): Grabbed an offensive rebound and scored her only basket as time expired in the first half to give Penn State a six-point halftime lead.
High School
Rated as the No. 86 overall prospect by Blue Star Basketball...Was ranked as the No. 17 post player by ESPN/HoopGurlz...Ended her career with 716 points, 680 rebound and 300 blocked shots...Helped the Bishops to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Division 3 State Championship in 2013 and 2015...Averaged 10.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.3 assists per game during her senior season...Earned Central Catholic Conference All-Star and ESPNBoston.com All-State honors...Nominated for McDonald’s All-America...Earned Jordan Brand Classic All-Region honors following her final prep campaign...Missed her junior campaign due to injury...Accounted for 8.5 points, 11.6 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 4.3 assists per game as a sophomore...Played her AAU basketball for Lady Rivals...Won two AAU state championships with the Rivals.
Personal
Full name is Jaylen Rae Williams...Daughter of Brent and Jacquie Williams...Has two older brothers, Brennan and Camren, and one God brother, Armani...Father, Brent, played 11 seasons in the NFL between 1986-96 with three teams - New England, Seattle and the New York Jets...Both of her brothers played football collegiately...Brennan, attended North Carolina and is currently a professional wrestler in the WWE (Marcellus Black)....Camren played at Ohio State and was a member of the 2015 College Football Playoff championship team...Intended major is communication sciences disorders...Born February 14, 1997 in Newton, Massachusetts.