Bennett Williams: DB · Oregon · #4.
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Bennett Williams
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The five seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Lovie Smith, Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon and Dan Lanning. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Oregon State — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-49vs No. 3 Georgia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-14vs Eastern Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-20vs No. 12 BYU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-41@ Washington State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-27vs Stanford | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-22@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-30vs No. 9 UCLA | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-24@ California | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-10@ Colorado | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-37vs No. 24 Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17vs No. 10 Utah | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 34-38@ No. 22 Oregon State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 45 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 |
Week 12 · 2022
W 20-17
vs Utah
2 interceptions · 0.5 tackles for loss · 14 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL67 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
46.6%
432 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
1.1%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
67 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #54 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Illinois and Oregon, 166 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lovie Smith, Mario Cristobal and Dan Lanning.
