“So Makai Williams gets a sack on first down, a TFL on second down, and you TAKE HIM OUT FOR THIRD DOWN?????? This coaching staff just continues to amaze me”
Makai Williams
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons at Tulane span three head coaches: Slade Nagle, Jon Sumrall and Will Hall. On tape: 8 tackles against Army, Week 6, 2026.
46 tackles · 3 sacks
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Last game (Wk 9): 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-17@ Duke | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-24vs South Alabama | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 20-31@ Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-21vs Southern Miss | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-20@ Army | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-17vs Memphis | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-42vs UTSA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31@ Charlotte | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 27 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 30 · W 38-31 at Charlotte, play by play
6 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack, 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss. Second quarter, up 14-10.
Against his own season: tied for his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 3 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Tulane’s defense played that day
Charlotte’s 11 drives: 6 stopped · 5 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 10. His pbu came with Tulane down 3.
5 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss. Second quarter, up 13-10.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss on 3rd and 8. First quarter, tied 0-0.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles, including 2 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%7 TFLSack rate
7%3 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups46 tackles · 7 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
48.5%
235 pass / 250 run
Plays / game
60.6
8 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
264 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #47 of 61 American Athletic LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,113 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the American Athletic.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 26 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Jon Sumrall, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
