Roy Williams is a defensive end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Northern Illinois.
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Fourth year in the Northern Illinois defensive front. First career honor, 2024: All-MAC. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Eastern Michigan — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 33 | 17 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 38 | 23 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 24 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 96 | 54 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-17vs Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-20@ Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-38@ Mississippi State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-6vs San Diego State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-25vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-48@ Ohio | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 17 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 19-17
vs Holy Cross
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%2 sacksTFL rate
9%3 TFLHurry rate
33%11 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
15%2 of 13 pressures33 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 21-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
33.0%
244 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
61.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
273 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #12 of 13 Mid-American DEs — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Thomas Hammock.
