Evan Williams: DB · Oregon · #33.
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Evan Williams
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. All-Pac-12 in 2023 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 14 tackles and 1 sack against Washington State, Week 8, 2023.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oregon | 82 | 49 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Fresno State | 55 | 44 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 90 | 59 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 27 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 40 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 294 | 204 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 13 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-30@ Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-10vs Hawai'i | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-6vs No. 19 Colorado | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-6@ Stanford | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-36@ No. 7 Washington | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-24vs Washington State | 14 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 35-6@ No. 13 Utah | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 63-19vs California | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 36-27vs USC | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-13@ Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-7vs No. 15 Oregon State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-34vs No. 3 Washington | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-6vs No. 18 Liberty | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 49 | 5.0 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFL82 tackles · 5 for loss · 4.5 sacks · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 7.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
54.8%
513 pass / 423 run
Plays / game
66.9
14 games
Team sack rate
1.0%
524 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #55 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Fresno State and Oregon, 294 tackles — drafted at #111 overall by the Green Bay Packers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Pac-12 2nd team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer and Dan Lanning.
Next stop · NFL
Green Bay PackersEntering 3rd NFL season
Green Bay PackersEntering 3rd NFL season
