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Today's Linkster #48 · NFL

Lamar Jackson to Trent Williams

On Sunday, October 18, 2026, everyone playing the NFL Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Lamar Jackson to Trent Williams in as few links as possible. Par was 3, counted through colleges, but any shared college, jersey number or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Lamar Jackson (QB, 2018–2026) College: Louisville. Team: Baltimore Ravens. Number: #8.
  • Trent Williams (OT, 2017–2026) College: Oklahoma. Teams: San Francisco 49ers and Washington Commanders. Number: #71.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

17 players solved it on the day (3 more gave up). 8 beat par with a shortcut, and 13 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was dylanwolf24's: 2 moves in 0:14.9.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges alone it takes 3, which is par:

  1. Lamar Jackson
  2. Louisville Tyler Shough
  3. Texas Tech Baker Mayfield
  4. Oklahoma Trent Williams

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. Lamar Jackson
  2. #8 Stefon Diggs
  3. Washington Commanders Trent Williams