Adonis Williams Jr. is a safety at Ohio who has not played in Ohio's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Ohio lists 33 defensive backs this season.
Ohio is 7-2. Next: at Miami (OH), Tue Nov 10.
Williams plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The four seasons at Ohio span two head coaches: Tim Albin and Brian Smith. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ball State — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-34@ Rutgers | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-37@ No. 1 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 |
Bowl · 2025
W 17-10
vs UNLV · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL75 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 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
Head Coach
Brian Smith
Pass share
36.6%
311 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
75 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #12 of 23 Mid-American Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Albin, Brian Smith, and John Hauser. Multi-era developmental context.
