#30

Jalen Williams

Senior linebacker for Clemson. 2018: 17 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

LB · Clemson · Sr. · #30

5′10″ · 210 lb · Columbia, SC

Clemson 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Clemson. 2018: 17 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 63 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Clemson

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 41-3 over that span.

2016Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (16th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles#2066 / 2662 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2165 / 2662 · 16th 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

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Clemson	17	8	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
2017	Clemson	21	14	2.0	1.0	2	--	--
2016	Clemson	25	13	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
Career		63	35	4.0	1.0	4	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week