#96

Jalen Williams

Former defensive lineman at Southern Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DL · Southern Miss · Sr. · #96

6′4″ · 305 lb · Tylertown, MS

CFB Index 21 · #251 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 12 nationally · Joined Arkansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Southern Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Southern Miss, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Signed with Arkansas3-star out of Jones College

20239 games

All-Sun Belt

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#12 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

2024

Reed Stringer

Southern Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

21Below cohort / limited sample #251 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Tackles#1374 / 2892 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

21 · #251 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #251 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Southern Miss	30	11	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Southern Miss	26	9	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2022	Southern Miss	48	17	7.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		104	37	11.0	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–10

vs SE Louisiana

1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 5 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With B. Lofton — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · T. Rodemaker — 179 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7 · -4 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Kentucky	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 35-10vs SE Louisiana	5	1	1.5	—
Wk 3	L 24-49vs South Florida	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 7-44@ Jacksonville State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 21-38@ UL Monroe	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 28-44vs Arkansas State	6	2	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	L 15-32@ James Madison	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 3-58@ Texas State	3	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 14-35vs South Alabama	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 20-52@ Troy	3	2	1.0	—
Total		30	11	2.5	—

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

Jalen Williams

2021

20239 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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