BeeJay Williamson: DB · Louisiana Tech · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
BeeJay Williamson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Louisiana Tech: Skip Holtz and Sonny Cumbie. All-Conference USA in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Missouri — Week 1, 2022.
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
58 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisiana Tech | 58 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 52 | 29 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 56 | 32 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 200 | 119 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 8 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-52@ Missouri | 11 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 20-48@ No. 5 Clemson | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-38@ South Alabama | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-31vs UTEP | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-47@ North Texas | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Florida International | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-24vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-37vs UAB | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL58 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
52.6%
434 pass / 391 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
472 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #111 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisiana Tech, 200 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 41 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
