Jah-Mal Williams is a defensive end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Troy.
Williams holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Scott Satterfield and Gerad Parker. On tape: 7 tackles against Old Dominion, Week 12, 2025.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Troy | 46 | 17 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2024 | Troy | 29 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 81 | 30 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-20vs Nicholls | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-27@ No. 8 Clemson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-28vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-17@ Buffalo | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-41@ Texas State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-14@ UL Monroe | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-23vs Louisiana | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-23vs Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-33@ Old Dominion | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-19vs Georgia State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 14-31@ No. 19 James Madison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 13-17vs Jacksonville State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 17 | 5.5 | 4.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%4 sacksTFL rate
12%6 TFLHurry rate
9%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
53%4 of 8 pressures46 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gerad Parker
Pass share
47.1%
431 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
65.4
14 games
Team sack rate
12.5%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
46 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #74 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #4 of 17 Sun Belt DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Luke Fickell, Scott Satterfield and Gerad Parker.
