Eddie Williams

Former linebacker at Florida Atlantic. 2024: 51 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 212 lb · Goulds, FL

CFB Index 37 · #395 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceFlorida Atlantic 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1804 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Florida Atlantic. 2024: 51 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Florida Atlantic, 222 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20199 games

Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of Miami Palmetto

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1804 national

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

4 coaches

2019

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

2020–2022

Willie Taggart

Florida Atlantic

era →

2023

Tom Herman

Florida Atlantic

era →

2024

Chad Lunsford

Florida Atlantic

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Willie Taggart, Tom Herman, and Chad Lunsford. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning

2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2024Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

37Below cohort / limited sample #395 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#361 / 2892 · 87th pct

6.5

Tackles#583 / 2892 · 79th pct

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#781 / 2892 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	0.8	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.8	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.6	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	0.6	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #395 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #395 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida Atlantic	51	25	6.5	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Florida Atlantic	19	7	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Florida Atlantic	64	25	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Florida Atlantic	44	22	5.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	30	17	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Florida Atlantic	14	10	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		222	106	17.5	2.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 41–10

vs Wagner

3 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 31-point win at home against Wagner.

With O. Hayes — -4 rush yds (1 car) · C. Fancher — 150 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.5 · 7 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-16@ Michigan State	5	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-24vs Army	8	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	W 38-20vs Florida International	3	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 14-48@ UConn	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-10vs Wagner	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 37-41vs North Texas	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-38@ UTSA	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 21-44vs South Florida	5	2	2.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 15-18@ Temple	7	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 27-39vs Charlotte	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 63-16@ Tulsa	4	2	0.0	—	0
Total		51	25	6.5	—	1

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

Eddie Williams

20199 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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