#99

Raequan Williams

Senior defensive tackle for Michigan State. 2019: 5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 48 tackles.

DT · Michigan State · Sr. · #99

6′4″ · 303 lb · Chicago, IL

Michigan State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive tackle for Michigan State. 2019: 5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 48 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan State, 156 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Michigan State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

Played his entire career under Mark Dantonio.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 27-24 over that span.

2016Michigan State3-9HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2017Michigan State10-3HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2018Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

2019Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#45 / 2688 · 98th pct

Sacks#129 / 2688 · 95th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#312 / 2688 · 88th pct

7.5

Tackles#720 / 2688 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1370 / 2688 · 48th pct

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.6	0.4	0.1
Road6g	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.0	0.7	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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	Michigan State	48	17	7.5	5.0	2	--	--
2018	Michigan State	49	17	10.5	2.0	5	--	--
2017	Michigan State	31	13	6.0	2.5	--	--	--
2016	Michigan State	28	11	5.0	2.0	1	--	--
Career		156	58	29.0	11.5	8	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 40–31

vs Indiana

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Indiana at home in a shootout.

With B. Lewerke — 300 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · 78 rush yds (12 car) · J. Hartbarger — 54 AVG · 60 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week