#95

JT Williams

Defensive tackle on SMU's 2017 roster.

DT · SMU · #95

6′1″ · 285 lb · Denton, TX

SMU 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2358 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive tackle on SMU's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at SMU, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Southern Miss2-star out of Ryan

20166 games

Signed with SMU2-star out of Trinity Valley C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2358 national

CFB

College

SMU

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Chad Morris — 12-13 over that span.

2016SMU5-7HC: Chad Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

2017SMU7-6HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#1180 / 2682 · 53rd pct

2.5

Tackles#1308 / 2682 · 51st pct

Solo tackles#1507 / 2682 · 42nd pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	SMU	31	15	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2016	SMU	10	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		41	21	3.5	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 58–14

vs Stephen F. Austin

1 TOT

Dominant 44-point win at home against Stephen F. Austin.

With J. Sackville — 42 AVG · 52 LONG · 4 NO · R. Peavey — 110 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week