Rayshad Williams: DB · Texas Tech.
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Rayshad Williams
Erases the deep middle of the field. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Chip Kelly, Matt Wells and Joey McGuire. On tape: 5 tackles against Oregon, Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 19 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 34 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | 38 | 30 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2020 | UCLA | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | UCLA | 33 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 133 | 109 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 26 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 33-35@ Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-38vs No. 13 Oregon | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 41-3vs Tarleton State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-28vs Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 39-14@ Baylor | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-38vs Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-27@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13@ No. 19 Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-23vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
32%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%1 TFL19 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
50.3%
471 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #260 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at UCLA and Texas Tech, 133 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Chip Kelly, Matt Wells, Sonny Cumbie and Joey McGuire.
