#20

Bryan Williams

Safety for Georgia State. 2017: 4 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 63 tackles.

S · Georgia State · #20

6′3″ · 212 lb · Miami, FL

Georgia State 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 safety for Georgia State. 2017: 4 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 63 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia State, 124 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2016

Trent Miles

Georgia State

2017

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Georgia State1-11HC: Trent Miles · Balanced

2015Georgia State6-7HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning

2016Georgia State3-9HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#27 / 795 · 94th pct

Tackles#396 / 2682 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#397 / 2682 · 85th pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th pct

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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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Georgia State	63	38	0.0	0.0	2	4	--
2016	Georgia State	61	38	1.5	0.0	6	--	--
2015	Georgia State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	Georgia State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		124	76	1.5	0.0	8	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2017

W 27–21

at Coastal Carolina

8 TOT · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With G. Smith — 74 rush yds (23 car) · C. Manning — 273 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.7 · 9 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17vs Tennessee State	8	3	—	0
Wk 3	L 0-56@ Penn State	6	6	—	1
Wk 4	W 28-0@ Charlotte	6	1	2	0
Wk 6	W 27-21@ Coastal Carolina	8	4	—	0
Wk 7	W 47-37@ UL Monroe	4	3	—	1
Wk 8	L 10-34vs Troy	1	1	1	0
Wk 9	W 21-13vs South Alabama	6	6	1	0
Wk 10	W 21-17@ Georgia Southern	2	2	—	0
Wk 11	W 33-30@ Texas State	2	1	—	0
Wk 13	L 10-31vs App State	10	4	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 14	L 10-24vs Idaho	4	3	—	0
Bowl	W 27-17vs Western Kentucky	6	4	—	0
Total		63	38	4	2

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

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays