Brandon Williams: CB · Buffalo · #14.
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Brandon Williams
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at Buffalo since. On tape: 11 tackles against Ohio, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 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
2018 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Delaware State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-29@ Temple | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-28vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-13@ Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-42vs Army | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-24@ Central Michigan | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-6vs Akron | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17@ Toledo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-42vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-14vs Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-52@ Ohio | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 44-14@ Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 29-30vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 32-42vs Troy | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 49 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
64tackles this season64 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
42.2%
419 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
456 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
64 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 124 tackles — drafted at #92 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Quinn, Alex Wood, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 11th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 11th NFL season
