Jordon Williams: LB · SMU · #17.
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Jordon Williams
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at SMU: Chad Morris and Sonny Dykes. On tape: 15 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Navy, Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-46@ North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-42vs No. 16 TCU | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-45@ No. 19 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30vs Navy | 15 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 63-27vs Houston Christian | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-48@ No. 12 UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-26vs Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 16 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 31-30
vs Navy
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 15 tackles
Edged out Navy at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksPD rate
6%2 pass breakups31 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
54.3%
465 pass / 391 run
Plays / game
71.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
511 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 SMU, 87 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
