Dontye Carriere-Williams: DB · Vanderbilt · #5.
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Dontye Carriere-Williams
Erases the deep middle of the field. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Paul Chryst, Derek Mason and Clark Lea. On tape: 5 tackles against Georgia State, Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 33 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Wisconsin | 30 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Career | 85 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-29vs Baylor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-17@ Florida International | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-42vs Incarnate Word | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-59@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-31vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-31vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-28@ Georgia State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 0-45@ Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-19vs UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-38vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-35@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-22@ Arkansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL33 tackles · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
47.4%
408 pass / 453 run
Plays / game
71.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #144 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Wisconsin and Vanderbilt, 85 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Paul Chryst, Derek Mason and Jake Spavital.
