AJ Williams

Former safety at Coastal Carolina. 2024: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 48 tackles.

S · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 195 lb · Bamberg, SC

CFB Index 48 · #285 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceCoastal Carolina 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former safety at Coastal Carolina. 2024: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 48 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Aquinas in 2020.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 3363 nationally · Signed with Aquinas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Six seasons at Coastal Carolina, 155 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20207 games

Recruited2-star out of Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3363 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019–2021

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

2022

Chad Staggs

Coastal Carolina

era →

2023–2024

Tim Beck

Coastal Carolina

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, and Tim Beck. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #285 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#382 / 2892 · 86th pct

Tackles#662 / 2892 · 77th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.2
Road6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #285 of 537 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #285 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Coastal Carolina	48	34	1.5	0.0	1	1	--
2023	Wake Forest	22	16	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Wake Forest	48	30	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Wake Forest	6	2	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Wake Forest	30	16	2.5	0.0	2	1	--
2019	Wake Forest	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		155	98	6.0	1.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 40–21

vs William & Mary

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

With E. Vasko — 160 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.9 · 59 rush yds (6 car) · C. Washington — 100 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 55-27@ Jacksonville State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 40-21vs William & Mary	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-20@ Temple	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-43vs Virginia	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 7-39@ James Madison	8	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 8	L 24-34vs Louisiana	3	1	1.5	—	0
Wk 10	L 24-38@ Troy	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-24vs App State	3	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 19-31@ Marshall	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-26vs Georgia Southern	5	4	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 15-44@ UTSA	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		48	34	1.5	1	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

AJ Williams

20207 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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