Mykelti Williams

Senior safety on Northern Illinois's 2019 roster.

S · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 200 lb · Indianapolis, IN

Northern Illinois 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 472 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Northern Illinois's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 219 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Warren Central

201713 games

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of Iowa Western C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#472 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

2 coaches

2017–2018

Rod Carey

Northern Illinois

2019

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2018Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2019Northern Illinois5-7HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#120 / 2688 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#122 / 2688 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#822 / 2688 · 67th pct

4.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.0	0.4	0.0	0.2
Road7g	9.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	0.4	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.7	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Northern Illinois	88	50	4.0	1	--	--
2018	Northern Illinois	58	36	3.5	3	2	--
2017	Northern Illinois	73	59	1.0	6	1	--
Career		219	145	8.5	10	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 24–10

vs Illinois State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

With M. Ference — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 8 NO · R. Bowers — 299 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.5 · -10 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-10vs Illinois State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 17-35@ Utah	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 8-44@ Nebraska	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 18-24@ Vanderbilt	8	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 20-27vs Ball State	8	2	2.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 39-36@ Ohio	14	6	0.5	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 8	L 24-27@ Miami (OH)	10	7	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-0vs Akron	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-48@ Central Michigan	12	7	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-28@ Toledo	10	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-45vs Eastern Michigan	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 17-14vs Western Michigan	6	5	0.0	—	0
Total		88	50	4.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2015

201713 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays