#13

Joeal Williams

Senior cornerback on Houston's 2018 roster.

CB · Houston · Sr. · #13

5′11″ · 195 lb · Missouri City, TX

Houston 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1746 nationally · Signed with Houston

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback on Houston's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Houston in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Houston, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Houston3-star out of Hightower

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1746 national

CFB

College

Houston

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Tom Herman

Houston

2017–2018

Major Applewhite

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Houston13-1HC: Tom Herman · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2018Houston8-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1064 / 2662 · 59th pct

Tackles#1401 / 2662 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 8th pct

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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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Houston	29	21	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2017	Houston	17	11	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Houston	3	2	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2015	Houston	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		49	34	2.0	2.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018

W 70–14

vs Texas Southern

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 56-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With C. Tune — 186 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 25 rush yds (5 car) · D. King — 200 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · -4 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-27@ Rice	6	6	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	W 45-18vs Arizona	2	2	—	0
Wk 3	L 49-63@ Texas Tech	2	0	—	1
Wk 4	W 70-14vs Texas Southern	2	1	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-26vs Tulsa	4	3	—	0
Wk 7	W 42-20@ East Carolina	2	1	—	0
Wk 8	W 49-36@ Navy	1	1	—	0
Wk 9	W 57-36vs South Florida	4	3	—	0
Wk 12	W 48-17vs Tulane	3	2	—	0
Wk 13	L 31-52@ Memphis	1	1	—	1
Bowl	L 14-70@ Army	2	1	—	0
Total		29	21	—	2

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays