Gerald Willis III: DL · Miami · #9.
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Gerald Willis III
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Miami defensive front. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Virginia — Week 7, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 18 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-33vs No. 25 LSU | 8 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 77-0vs Savannah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-24@ Toledo | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 31-17vs Florida International | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 5 | W 47-10vs North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-27vs Florida State | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-16@ Virginia | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-27@ Boston College | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-20vs Duke | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-14@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-3vs No. 24 Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 34 | 18.0 | 4.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
31%18 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksHurry rate
8%5 hurries59 tackles · 18 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Mark Richt — 16-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Richt
Pass share
42.9%
353 pass / 470 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
59 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Miami, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Al Golden → Mark Richt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
