Ryan Williamson: S · Buffalo · #26.
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Ryan Williamson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at Buffalo since. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Bowling Green — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-21@ Army | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-10vs Colgate | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-13@ Kent State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 68-71vs Western Michigan | 15 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-14vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-21@ Akron | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-28vs Bowling Green | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-24@ Ball State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 75 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL75 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Lance Leipold, all balanced offenses — 13-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
49.0%
400 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
433 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
75 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 149 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Quinn, Alex Wood, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.
