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Jersey Number 5
Brandon Williams
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Queens, N.Y.
- High School:
- Christ the King HS
Career
Enters his fourth year in UCLA’s program in 2026-27 … redshirted the 2024-25 season … has averaged 2.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 66 career games (18 starts) through two seasons on the court … has totaled 28 assists and 20 turnovers … has recorded 21 steals and 11 blocks … has scored at least 10 points in three career games (two games as a freshman in 2023-24, and one game as a sophomore in 2025-26) … totaled a career-high 13 points at Arizona State (Jan. 17, 2024) … recorded a career-best seven rebounds against Presbyterian (Nov. 21, 2025) … has twice tallied a career-high three steals … has averaged 14.8 minutes per game in 66 contests.
2025-26
Played in 34 games, making four starts, during his redshirt sophomore season … averaged 2.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, logging 12.2 minutes per game … scored at least 10 points in one game … had season highs with 11 points and seven rebounds (career high) in a home win over Presbyterian (Nov. 21, 2025) … shot 4-for-7 in the win over Presbyterian … through 34 games, totaled 14 steals and 11 assists … shot 41.6 percent from the field and 24.0 percent from 3-point distance … through UCLA’s final nine games, shot 10-for-16 (62.5 percent) … played a season-high 24 minutes against Presbyterian (Nov. 21, 2025) … had a season-high three assists in a home win over Sacramento State (Nov. 18, 2025)
2024-25
Redshirted.
2023-24
Played in 32 games, making 14 starts, as a freshman … averaged 17.4 minutes per game … shot 35.7 percent from the field … scored in double figures in two games, including a career-high 13 points in a win at Arizona State (Jan. 17) … had 11 points in a win at Oregon State (Dec. 28) … made a season-high five shots in two games – at Oregon State (Dec. 28) and at Arizona State (Jan. 17) … shot 7-for-28 from 3-point range (25.0 percent), sinking at least one 3-pointer in four consecutive Pac-12 games (Feb. 3-15) … totaled a season-best six rebounds against USC (Feb. 24) … totaled 17 assists, seven steals and three blocks … was the youngest player in the Pac-12 during the 2023-24 season.
High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Christ the King High School in New York, playing for head coach Joe Arbitello … as a senior, averaged 10.7 points in 21 games, securing second-team “AA” All-League acclaim in the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) … Christ the King finished the 2022-23 campaign with an overall record of 23-5, a league record of 16-1, and a first-place finish in the Diocese of Brooklyn-Queens, advancing to the semifinals of the CHSAA “AA” intersectional playoffs … was ranked as the No. 66 player in his high school class, nationally, in the “Top247” 247Sports.com rankings … also had been ranked No. 75 in his high school class by ESPN.com … both 247Sports.com and ESPN.com listed him as the No. 1-ranked player in the state of New York … competed in the 2023 Aces Elite Classic, showcasing the premier players in the Northeast Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) at Gauchos Gym in the The Bronx … as a junior (2021-22), averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game at Christ the King … earned first-team “AA” All-League honors in the CHSAA during his junior season … played AAU basketball for the PSA Cardinals program and also competed for the N.Y. Gauchos … had been invited to the USA Basketball men’s U17 training camp in June of 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Personal
Brandon Williams was born in New York, N.Y. … is the oldest of Brandon Williams and Leslie King’s three children … has one younger brother, Chase, and one younger sister, Taylor … African-American studies major.
Enters his fourth year in UCLA’s program in 2026-27 … redshirted the 2024-25 season … has averaged 2.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 66 career games (18 starts) through two seasons on the court … has totaled 28 assists and 20 turnovers … has recorded 21 steals and 11 blocks … has scored at least 10 points in three career games (two games as a freshman in 2023-24, and one game as a sophomore in 2025-26) … totaled a career-high 13 points at Arizona State (Jan. 17, 2024) … recorded a career-best seven rebounds against Presbyterian (Nov. 21, 2025) … has twice tallied a career-high three steals … has averaged 14.8 minutes per game in 66 contests.
2025-26
Played in 34 games, making four starts, during his redshirt sophomore season … averaged 2.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, logging 12.2 minutes per game … scored at least 10 points in one game … had season highs with 11 points and seven rebounds (career high) in a home win over Presbyterian (Nov. 21, 2025) … shot 4-for-7 in the win over Presbyterian … through 34 games, totaled 14 steals and 11 assists … shot 41.6 percent from the field and 24.0 percent from 3-point distance … through UCLA’s final nine games, shot 10-for-16 (62.5 percent) … played a season-high 24 minutes against Presbyterian (Nov. 21, 2025) … had a season-high three assists in a home win over Sacramento State (Nov. 18, 2025)
2024-25
Redshirted.
2023-24
Played in 32 games, making 14 starts, as a freshman … averaged 17.4 minutes per game … shot 35.7 percent from the field … scored in double figures in two games, including a career-high 13 points in a win at Arizona State (Jan. 17) … had 11 points in a win at Oregon State (Dec. 28) … made a season-high five shots in two games – at Oregon State (Dec. 28) and at Arizona State (Jan. 17) … shot 7-for-28 from 3-point range (25.0 percent), sinking at least one 3-pointer in four consecutive Pac-12 games (Feb. 3-15) … totaled a season-best six rebounds against USC (Feb. 24) … totaled 17 assists, seven steals and three blocks … was the youngest player in the Pac-12 during the 2023-24 season.
High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Christ the King High School in New York, playing for head coach Joe Arbitello … as a senior, averaged 10.7 points in 21 games, securing second-team “AA” All-League acclaim in the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) … Christ the King finished the 2022-23 campaign with an overall record of 23-5, a league record of 16-1, and a first-place finish in the Diocese of Brooklyn-Queens, advancing to the semifinals of the CHSAA “AA” intersectional playoffs … was ranked as the No. 66 player in his high school class, nationally, in the “Top247” 247Sports.com rankings … also had been ranked No. 75 in his high school class by ESPN.com … both 247Sports.com and ESPN.com listed him as the No. 1-ranked player in the state of New York … competed in the 2023 Aces Elite Classic, showcasing the premier players in the Northeast Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) at Gauchos Gym in the The Bronx … as a junior (2021-22), averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game at Christ the King … earned first-team “AA” All-League honors in the CHSAA during his junior season … played AAU basketball for the PSA Cardinals program and also competed for the N.Y. Gauchos … had been invited to the USA Basketball men’s U17 training camp in June of 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Personal
Brandon Williams was born in New York, N.Y. … is the oldest of Brandon Williams and Leslie King’s three children … has one younger brother, Chase, and one younger sister, Taylor … African-American studies major.
UCLA M. Basketball Postgame – vs. UConn (March 22, 2026)
Sunday, March 22
UCLA M. Basketball Press Conference (March 21, 2026)
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