Adonis Williams Jr.

Senior safety on Ohio's 2026 roster.

S · Ohio · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 217 lb · South Euclid, OH

CFB Index 60 · #181 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Ohio for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETat South AlabamaHancock Whitney StadiumSouth Alabama by 4.5

How he projects

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

The full scouting read

The story

4 safety on Ohio's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Adonis Williams Jr.

S · Ohio · Sr · #5

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Four seasons at Ohio, two different head coaches: Tim Albin and Brian Smith. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Ball State — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning

2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy

2025Ohio9-4HC: Brian Smith · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

60Quality starter #181 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#46 / 2975 · 98th pct

Tackles#207 / 2975 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.8	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road6g	6.7	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.3	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #181 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #12 of 23 Mid-American Ss

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ohio	75	54	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2024	Ohio	33	19	1.0	0.0	3	--	--
2023	Ohio	40	21	3.5	1.5	2	1	--
2022	Ohio	27	21	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		175	115	11.5	3.5	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 52–35

vs Gardner-Webb

5 TOT · 4 SOLO

Edged out Gardner-Webb at home in a shootout.

With P. Navarro — 290 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 72 rush yds (9 car) · C. Hendricks — 8 rec · 144 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-34@ Rutgers	11	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 2	W 17-10vs West Virginia	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 9-37@ Ohio State	9	9	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 52-35vs Gardner-Webb	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 35-20vs Bowling Green	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-20@ Ball State	11	9	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-21vs Northern Illinois	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-21@ Eastern Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 13-17@ Western Michigan	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Massachusetts	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-26@ Buffalo	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 17-10vs UNLV	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		75	54	4.0	1.0	—	1