Devon Williams is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Minnesota.
Williams is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Rutgers — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
89 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-10vs Buffalo | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Northwestern State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-27@ California | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-28vs Rutgers | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 3-42@ No. 1 Ohio State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-20vs Purdue | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-6vs No. 25 Nebraska | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-41@ Iowa | 9 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-20vs Michigan State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-42@ No. 7 Oregon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-7vs Wisconsin | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 20-17vs New Mexico | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 37 | 8.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
89tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%8 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups89 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
51.7%
397 pass / 371 run
Plays / game
59.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
89 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #144 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #26 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
