Jaboree Williams: LB · Wake Forest · #6.
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Jaboree Williams
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the Wake Forest linebacker corps. On tape: 12 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Duke, Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
85 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 13 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 85 | 56 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 36 | 21 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 121 | 77 | 18.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-7vs Presbyterian | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Boston College | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 46-10vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-19@ App State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-26vs Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-28@ No. 2 Clemson | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Louisville | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 37-48@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 64-43@ Syracuse | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24vs No. 25 NC State | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-31vs Duke | 12 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
 Bowl | W 55-52vs Texas A&M | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 56 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 42-32
vs Louisville
0.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
85tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%13 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups85 tackles · 13 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Dave Clawson, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 6.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.8%
426 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
73.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
85 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wake Forest, 121 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
