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Reid Williford

Senior linebacker for Charlotte. 2025: 74 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Charlotte · Sr. · #40

6′2″ · 235 lb · Franklin, TN

CFB Index 69 · #131 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Charlotte for 2026

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

6 TFL · 4 sacks

Statement game17 tacklesat Army (FBS) · L 7-24

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Charlotte. 2025: 74 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Charlotte in 2022.
74 tackles in 2024. Then 74 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Reid Williford

LB · Charlotte · Sr · #40

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Reid Williford has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Charlotte. One game to point at: 17 tackles against Army — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Charlotte3-9HC: Peter Rossomando · Balanced

2023Charlotte3-9HC: Biff Poggi · Run-leaning

2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Charlotte1-11HC: Tim Albin · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #131 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#113 / 2975 · 96th pct

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

Tackles#216 / 2975 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.8	0.6	0.0
Road5g	8.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	0.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	0.5	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #131 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #131 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #18 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Charlotte	74	46	6.0	4.0	--	--	--
2024	Charlotte	74	41	5.5	2.0	2	--	--
2023	Charlotte	12	9	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Charlotte	20	11	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		180	107	14.0	6.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 42–35

vs Monmouth

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 2 SACKS

Edged out Monmouth at home in a shootout.

With C. Harrell — 382 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 55.2 · 47 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · E. Jai Mason — 10 rec · 228 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 11-34vs App State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 3-20vs North Carolina	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 42-35vs Monmouth	6	4	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 4	L 17-28vs Rice	6	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 26-54@ South Florida	8	3	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 7-24@ Army	17	12	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 17 tackles
Wk 8	L 14-49vs Temple	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 20-54vs North Texas	7	4	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 11	L 22-48@ East Carolina	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 7-28vs UTSA	5	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 3-35@ Georgia	7	6	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 0-27@ Tulane	7	6	0.0	0.0	—
Total		74	46	6.0	4.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

74Tackles

46Solo

6TFL

4Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

74 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 32 sacks
Week 92 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Charlotte

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Charlotte

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -8 net (19 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #103

DNA match

Player DNA

Sideline-to-Sideline

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Brown’s 2025 season.

Jeremiah Brown

81%match

Colorado · 2025

Jimmy Rolder

Michigan · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4

81%

Tyler Grubbs

Tulane · 2024

All-AAC

80%

Stefon Thompson

Syracuse · 2021

79%

Matches Jeremiah on

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jimmy Rolder's senior season at Michigan (2025).

Jimmy Rolder

88%match

Michigan · 2025

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4

Ernest Hausmann

Michigan · 2025

All-Big Ten

83%

Connor Shay

Wyoming · 2024

82%

Cole Kozlowski

UCF · 2025

82%

Justin Abraham

Georgia State · 2023

82%

Matches Jimmy on

Weight

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

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Tyler Grubbs

Tulane · 2024

85%

Connor Shay

Wyoming · 2024

82%

Jeremiah Brown

Colorado · 2025

81%

Jimmy Rolder

Michigan · 2025

81%

Dakota Cochran

Central Michigan · 2025

80%

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

20229 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Sideline-to-Sideline

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