Former Auburn running back and assistant coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams is expected to be hired by the Las Vegas Raiders, Mike Gittens of The War Rapport first reported Saturday morning.

Williams is expected to serve as the Raiders’ running backs coach — a move that comes after the Raiders initially targeted UCLA running backs coach DeShaun Foster, only for Foster to be elevated to head coach after Chip Kelly left UCLA to be Ohio State’s offensive coordinator.

Hours later, Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal also reported the news.

As the Raiders’ running backs coach, Williams will be in the same role he served at Auburn from 2019-23.

Williams was initially hired as Auburn’s running backs coach by former head coach Gus Malzahn and was retained by both former head coach Bryan Harsin and current head coach Hugh Freeze in the same role.

Shortly after Freeze’s arrival to Auburn in November of 2022, Williams also earned the distinction of associate head coach — an elevated role he served throughout the 2023 season before announcing his plans to resign on the evening of Jan. 11.

“After taking time to pray and reflect, I have made the decision to resign from my position with Auburn football to pursue other opportunities,” Williams said in a statement that night.

“I love Auburn, the players and AU family with all my heart, but this decision is what is best for me, my wife and sons. I am extremely grateful for the coaching opportunity given to me first by Coach Malzahn and most recently by Coach Freeze. These past five years on the Plains have been nothing short of incredible.”

Perhaps the most memorable span of Williams’ time as an Auburn coach came in the weeks immediately following the firing of former Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin, who was axed with four games left to play in the 2022 regular season.

And it was Williams who was tossed the keys to the program and asked to drive it straight as interim head coach.

Williams went on to go 2-2 in that final span, but helped spark a passionate revival — a revival that only someone with Auburn ties like himself would be able to orchestrate.

From 2001-04, Williams suited up for Auburn as running back after a successful high school career at Etowah High School in Attalla.

During his four-year playing career with the Tigers, Williams went on to rush for more than 3,800 yards and 45 touchdowns – with rushing touchdown No. 44 breaking Bo Jackson’s program record for most in a career.

After graduation, Williams went on to spend seven seasons in the NFL — a majority of which were spent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who drafted him with the fifth overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. That same year, Williams was named the Associated Press’ NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

With the Buccaneers, Williams tallied more than 3,680 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns across six seasons — two of which were shortened by a pair of knee injuries. Williams finished his professional career with the St. Louis Rams, where he spent the 2011 season and rushed for 361 yards and a touchdown before calling it a career.