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| TCU wide receiver Savion Williams (#3) scores a touchdown in the Frogs' 49-28 win over Arizona during the 2024 season. -- Photo by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke |
TCU football stars Jack Bech and Savion Williams soon will begin their National Football League (NFL) careers after being selected on Friday, April 25, in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Bech, a wide receiver, was drafted in the second round (58th) by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Williams, a wide receiver, was drafted in the third round (87th) by the Green Bay Packers.
TCU has six wide receivers in the NFL. Bech and Williams join Derius Davis, Quentin Johnston and Jalen Reagor of the Los Angeles Chargers and KaVontae Turpin of the Dallas Cowboys.
Under head football coach Sonny Dykes, TCU Football has had 13 players drafted over the last three seasons.
In addition to the draft selections of Bech and Williams, eight Horned Frogs have signed free-agent contracts or received rookie mini-camp invites.
Bech is the first TCU player drafted by the Raiders since safety Tre'von Moehrig in the second round of the 2021 draft.
When last in game action, Bech was the Senior Bowl Most Valuable Player. On the game's final snap, his 2-yard touchdown catch on a 4th-and-goal with 7 seconds left gave his American Team a 22-19 win over the National Team. He finished with six receptions for 68 yards to cap a week in which he shined in team practices.
As a senior this past season, Bech earned All-America honors as he became just the fifth player in TCU history to record a 1,000-yard receiving season. His 1,034 yards place fourth at TCU, trailing only first-round NFL Draft picks Josh Doctson (1,327, 2015), Johnston (1,069, 2022) and Reagor (1,061, 2018). Bech's nine touchdown catches and 62 receptions rank fifth and seventh, respectively, and were the most by a Horned Frog since Reagor's 72 grabs and nine scores in 2018.
Bech was one of just five Power Four Conference players to reach 200 receiving yards in a game this season when he had a career-best 200 yards on nine catches against UCF. He totaled a career-high 10 receptions for 131 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-27 win at Kansas.
Williams is the first TCU player drafted by Green Bay since safety Vernon Scott went in the seventh round in 2020.
Williams was All-Big 12 this past year as he enjoyed a second straight career-best season. He had 60 receptions, 611 yards and six touchdowns. He became the first Horned Frog with a receiving, rushing and passing touchdown in the same year since Kenny Hill in 2017.
Williams led TCU in rushing in four of the final six games, totaling 310 yards and six touchdowns on a 6.5 per carry average in that span. He ran for a career-high 80 yards and two touchdowns in the 49-28 victory over Arizona. The second score was a 20-yard carry on a 4th-and-1 with 13 seconds left in the first half, giving TCU a 21-13 lead at the break.
Williams tied a career-high with 11 receptions for 85 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown on TCU's first series, in the season-opening 34-27 win at Stanford. He had a career-long 75-yard touchdown reception and a career-best 35-yard scoring run in the 35-34 victory over Texas Tech.
The Frogs who signed free-agent contracts or received rookie mini-camp invites are: Abe Camara, safety (Carolina Panthers); Bless Harris, offensive lineman (Las Vegas Raiders); Johnny Hodges, linebacker (Los Angeles Chargers); LaMareon James, cornerback (Cleveland Browns); Brent Matiscik, long-snapper (Cleveland Browns); Cooper McDonald, linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs); NaNa Osafo-Mensah, edge (Seattle Seahawks); and JP Richardson, wide receiver (Chicago Bears).
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| TCU wide receiver Jack Bech (#18) makes an acrobatic catch in the Frogs' 49-28 win over the University of Arizona during the 2024 season. -- Photo by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke |
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