Jerome Williams Jr. (born January 4, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Championship club Rhode Island FC.

Williams signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft and was selected in the first round by Columbus Crew.

He spent most of his rookie year on loan to Birmingham Legion before being waived by the Crew ahead of the 2020 season, eventually finding his way to Atlanta United.

[8] Following his high school graduation, and before joining the team at Kentucky, Williams spent time in the National Premier Soccer League with expansion club Birmingham Hammers.

[15] Although the Wildcats were eliminated in the first round of the 2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament, Williams was named Third Team All-CUSA.

[22] Williams scored his first Reading goal on May 20, a tally two minutes into second half stoppage time in a 3–2 defeat against New York Red Bulls U-23.

[22] Williams returned to the Premier Development League ahead of his junior collegiate season, joining up with Dayton Dutch Lions.

[33] In order to get game minutes throughout the season, Williams spent multiple spells on loan with USL Championship expansion club Birmingham Legion FC.

[34] He replaced Chandler Hoffman in the 52nd minute against Saint Louis FC, going on to score his first two professional goals in a six-minute span to help Birmingham earn a 3–2 victory.

In the Eastern Conference play-in match against North Carolina FC, Williams provided the winning goal: his strike three minutes into stoppage time handed Birmingham a 3–2 victory in their first-ever playoff game.

A lack of potential playing time, with Williams sitting fourth on the depth chart at the forward position, was cited by the club as the reason behind the move.

[41] Although Williams had been waived by the Crew, his rights were still owned by Major League Soccer for another year, owing to his Generation Adidas contract.

After passing through the league's waiver system on February 27, it was announced that he would return to Birmingham Legion for the 2020 season, officially on a loan from MLS.

[42] The league retained the ability to recall Williams at any time if an MLS club had committed to signing him, and they exercised that right exactly one week later.

[43] Williams made his lone appearance for the club on July 16 in the MLS is Back Tournament, receiving a red card in second-half stoppage time in a 1–0 loss against FC Cincinnati.

[40] He was left out of Atlanta's preliminary squad for the resumption of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League and subsequently had his contract option declined on November 24.

In the press release announcing the move, Rising head coach Rick Schantz said that Williams was "a player we’ve watched for a long time...He will help us immediately.