Max Williams: S · USC · #4.
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Max Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons at USC span two head coaches: Clay Helton and Lincoln Riley. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Oregon — Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-28vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Nevada | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-10vs Stanford | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-28@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-41vs Arizona | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-48@ No. 21 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-52vs No. 5 Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-36@ No. 6 Oregon | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
 Bowl | W 42-28vs No. 16 Louisville | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Bowl · 2023
W 42-28
vs Louisville · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Louisville at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFL24 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
56.7%
457 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #358 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 112 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.
