Joejuan Williams: CB · Vanderbilt · #8.
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Joejuan Williams
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Three seasons in the Vanderbilt secondary to date. The first career honor came in 2018: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Missouri — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 13 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 61 | 48 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 39 | 33 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 19 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 119 | 95 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Middle Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Nevada | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-22@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-37vs South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-27vs Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ No. 2 Georgia | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-37vs No. 14 Florida | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-14@ No. 14 Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-31@ Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-33@ Missouri | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 36-29vs Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-13vs Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 38-45vs Baylor | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Total | 61 | 48 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 36-29
vs Ole Miss
1 interception · 5 tackles · 4 pass breakups
Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
21%13 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
61tackles this season61 tackles · 2 for loss · 13 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
3 seasons under Derek Mason — 17-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
49.2%
413 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
64.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Vanderbilt, 119 tackles — drafted at #45 overall by the New England Patriots.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Derek Mason.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
