Avery Williams

Linebacker for Temple. 2016: 66 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Temple · #2

5′10″ · Baltimore, MD

Temple 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 linebacker for Temple. 2016: 66 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Temple in 2012.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2709 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Temple, 66 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2012

Signed with Temple2-star out of Archbishop Curley

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2709 national

CFB

College

Temple

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

Played his entire career under Matt Rhule.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Rhule — 26-14 over that span.

2014Temple6-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2015Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#213 / 2668 · 91st pct

9.0

Tackles#367 / 2668 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#462 / 2668 · 82nd pct

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.8	0.8	0.1	0.0
Road6g	5.2	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Temple	66	37	9.0	2.0	--	--	--
2015	Temple	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	Temple	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		66	37	9.0	2.0	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016

W 46–30

vs South Florida

1 TOT

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With R. Armstead — 210 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · P. Walker — 209 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.5 · -11 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week