Nigel Williams: DT · Virginia Tech · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nigel Williams
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Tennessee, Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 17 | 10 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 17 | 10 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-13vs Liberty | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-45vs No. 17 Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 49-0vs Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 54-17vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-3@ No. 17 North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-10vs Virginia | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-42vs No. 3 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-24vs Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 5.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%5 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry17 tackles · 5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
42.2%
446 pass / 610 run
Plays / game
75.4
14 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
487 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Virginia Tech, 17 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Beamer → Justin Fuente. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
