#99

Fish McWilliams

Senior defensive lineman for UAB. 2023: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · UAB · Sr. · #99

6′1″ · 305 lb · Pensacola, FL

CFB Index 51 · #204 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceUAB 2023 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for UAB. 2023: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UAB in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 3140 nationally · Signed with UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Six seasons at UAB, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with UAB2-star out of West Florida Tech

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USA

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3140 national

CFB

College

UAB

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #204 of 418?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#230 / 2842 · 89th pct

Sacks#517 / 2842 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#904 / 2842 · 66th pct

3.5

Solo tackles#1167 / 2842 · 58th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Tackles#1411 / 2842 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #204 of 418 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #204 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UAB	28	18	3.5	2.0	1	--	--
2022	UAB	30	16	5.0	1.5	--	--	--
2021	UAB	14	7	5.5	4.0	1	--	--
2020	UAB	10	8	2.0	2.0	1	--	--
2019	UAB	11	7	2.5	1.5	--	--	--
2018	UAB	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		96	58	18.5	11.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 35–6

vs North Carolina A&T

1 TOT

Dominant 29-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With J. Zeno — 291 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.5 · 31 rush yds (5 car) · J. Brown Jr. — 47 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-6vs North Carolina A&T	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 35-49@ Georgia Southern	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Louisiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-49@ Georgia	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 23-35@ Tulane	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 56-35vs South Florida	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 20-41@ UTSA	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-45vs Memphis	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 6-31@ Navy	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 34-24vs Temple	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 42-45@ North Texas	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Total		28	18	3.5	2.0	—	1

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