Josh Williams is in his 12th season with the 49ers and first as a national scout. He spent the previous five years (2017-21) as an area scout and the 2016 season as the team's National Football Scouting representative.

Josh Williams is in his 12th season with the 49ers and first as a national scout. He spent the previous five years (2017-21) as an area scout and the 2016 season as the team's National Football Scouting representative.

Williams spent three seasons (2013-15) as a pro personnel scout and two seasons (2011-12) as an assistant in the 49ers scouting department.

A four-year wide receiver for the Columbia University Lions, Williams worked in the financial industry in New York City as a business analyst of investment products at TD Ameritrade. A native of Santa Rosa, CA, he graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco in 2005 then earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Columbia University in 2010.