Kristian Williams: DT · Missouri · #5.
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Kristian Williams
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon and Eli Drinkwitz. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Murray State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-21vs No. 24 Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-41@ No. 25 Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-34@ No. 15 Alabama | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs Oklahoma | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 30-34@ No. 23 South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-20@ Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-21vs Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24vs Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
13%4 hurries30 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
44.1%
403 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #95 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Oregon and Missouri, 106 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mario Cristobal and Eli Drinkwitz.
