Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 38-24vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#33
Nigel Williams
Senior defensive back on Louisville's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Richmond, VA
CFB Index 39 · #364 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Louisville for 2026
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
3★
CB recruit
No. 1487 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Louisville's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2020.
- Transferred from New Mexico to Louisville in 2025.
Nigel Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Nigel Williams has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Eastern Kentucky, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2020
- Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Collegiate School
202411 games
- Entered the portal
2025
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Louisville
Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced
2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning
2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
39 · #364 of 537 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #364 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 53 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 59 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Louisville
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Louisville
Returning around him
- 1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (33 in / 40 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Hunter Washington’s 2024 season.
84%match
Matches Hunter on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Differs from Hunter on
TFL rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tyriq Mack's sophomore season at Nevada (2022).
92%match
Matches Tyriq on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Nigel Williams
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology