#13

Sam Williams

Former defensive lineman at Ole Miss. 2021: 12.5 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, 57 tackles.

DL · Ole Miss · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 265 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 41 · #226 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDallas — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 24, #56 overall

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 61 nationally · Joined Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Ole Miss. 2021: 12.5 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, 57 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the Dallas in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 22 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #56 overall by Dallas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Northeast Mississippi C.C.

202112 games

All-SECfirst

2022

Drafted by Dallasround 2, pick 56

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#61 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #56

Dallas · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2021

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 5th NFL season

#56Rd 2 · Pick 24

DallasEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #226 of 370?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#5 / 2743 · 100th pct

12.5

Tackles for loss#24 / 2743 · 99th pct

16.0

QB hurries#46 / 2743 · 98th pct

Tackles#459 / 2743 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#558 / 2743 · 79th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.1	1.1	0.9	0.1
Road4g	5.8	1.6	1.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	1.2	1.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	1.2	1.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #226 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #226 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	57	31	16.0	12.5	1	--	--
2020	Ole Miss	39	24	8.0	4.0	--	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	38	21	9.5	6.0	--	1	--
Career		134	76	33.5	22.5	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 29–19

vs Texas A&M

1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 3 SOLO

With J. Ealy — 152 rush yds (24 car) · M. Brown — 2 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 43-24vs Louisville	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 54-17vs Austin Peay	5	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 3	W 61-21vs Tulane	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 21-42@ Alabama	6	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 52-51vs Arkansas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-26@ Tennessee	7	5	2.5	1.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 8	W 31-17vs LSU	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-31@ Auburn	5	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 27-14vs Liberty	8	3	2.5	2.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	W 29-19vs Texas A&M	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-17vs Vanderbilt	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-21@ Mississippi State	5	4	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Total		56	30	15.0	12.5	—	1

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

Sam Williams

2017

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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