Sam Williams: DL · Ole Miss · #13.
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Sam Williams
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The three seasons at Ole Miss span two head coaches: Matt Luke and Lane Kiffin. The first career honor came in 2021: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Liberty — Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 15 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
2021 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-51vs No. 13 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@ No. 18 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 No. 11 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%16 TFLSack rate
22%12 sacksHurry rate
14%8 hurries57 tackles · 16 for loss · 12.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 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
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
42.3%
429 pass / 584 run
Plays / game
84.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #226 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ole Miss, 22 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #56 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 5th NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 5th NFL season
