Kevin Williams Jr.: DB · Southern Miss · #27.
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Kevin Williams Jr.
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at Southern Miss. One game to point at: 6 tackles against UAB — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Southern Miss | 19 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2015 | Southern Miss | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 19 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24vs Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-0vs Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-17@ UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-43vs North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-0vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-30vs UAB | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 43-34@ Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-21vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-27@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL19 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
47.4%
438 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
71.1
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 19 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Monken → Jay Hopson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
