Rodney Williams: DB · Temple · #23.
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Rodney Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Scott Shafer, Dino Babers and Ed Foley. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Tulsa — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-19vs Villanova | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 29-36vs Buffalo | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-14@ Maryland | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-17vs Tulsa | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 49-6vs East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs No. 20 Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 40-52@ No. 9 UCF | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-49@ Houston | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 23 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Week 11 · 2018
W 59-49
at Houston
1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Houston on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%3 TFL31 tackles · 3 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Foley
Pass share
47.4%
439 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Syracuse and Temple, 137 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Shafer, Dino Babers and Geoff Collins.
