Jalen Williams: LB · Clemson · #30.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jalen Williams
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Clemson linebacker corps. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Wake Forest — Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-26@ Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-21@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 63-3@ Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-7vs No. 16 NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-10@ Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 77-16vs Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-7@ No. 17 Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-6vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 8 · 2018
W 41-7
vs NC State
1 interception · 1 tackle · 19 interception return yards
Dominant 34-point win at home against NC State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups17 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 41-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
47.3%
507 pass / 566 run
Plays / game
71.5
15 games
Team sack rate
3.2%
532 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Clemson, 63 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
