Senior defensive back for Tulsa. 2023: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 37 tackles.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Dallas, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 725 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Tulsa. 2023: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 37 tackles.
Kanion Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across six seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Kevin Wilson. The receipt: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Oklahoma — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Tulsa, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Philip Montgomery → Kevin Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tre Lamb
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #317 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tulsa | 37 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 48 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 42–7
1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 1 INT
Dominant 35-point win at home against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
With C. Williams — 233 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.6 · -9 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Ford — 110 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-43@ Washington | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-66vs Oklahoma | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-42vs Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-69@ SMU | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-33vs Charlotte | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-24@ Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-35vs North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 29-27@ East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 37 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Josh Thompson’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA