#45

Shadow Williams

Linebacker for Old Dominion. 2016: 28 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Old Dominion · #45

6′0″ · Land O Lakes, FL

Old Dominion 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 282 nationally · Joined Old Dominion

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Old Dominion. 2016: 28 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Old Dominion, 28 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Old Dominion2-star out of Glendale C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#282 national

CFB

College

Old Dominion

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Old Dominion10-3HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (11th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#245 / 2668 · 88th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Tackles#1463 / 2668 · 44th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

1.0

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

Solo tackles#2339 / 2668 · 11th 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

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Old Dominion	28	7	1.0	1.0	1	1	--
Career		28	7	1.0	1.0	1	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week