Senior safety for USC. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 24 tackles.
5′9″ · 185 lb · Carson, CA
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
CB recruit
No. 187 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for USC. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 24 tackles.
Max Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at USC, two different head coaches: Clay Helton and Lincoln Riley. The receipt: 6 tackles against Oregon — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 112 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Clay Helton → Lincoln Riley. 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: qb hurries (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 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
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #358 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023
W 43–41
vs Arizona
4 TOT · 2 SOLO
Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.
With C. Williams — 219 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 41 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · E. Czaplicki — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| 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@ Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-52vs Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-36@ Oregon | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Bowl | W 42-28vs Louisville | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
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
24 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Trey Morrison’s 2022 season.
Matches Trey on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tykee Smith's senior season at Georgia (2022).
Matches Tykee on
Player DNA