Tyson Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The first one came in 2022: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Rice — Week 7, 2026.
47 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tulsa | 47 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| Career | 47 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 8): 1 pass breakup, 8 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-10vs Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-17@ Sam Houston | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-0vs East Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-34@ Arkansas | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 44-45vs North Texas | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-34@ Navy | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-17@ Rice | 12 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 35-38vs Army | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Oct. 23 · L 35-38 vs Army, play by play
8 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 5 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Tulsa’s defense played that day
Army’s 12 drives: 5 stopped · 7 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 12. His pbu came with the game tied.
A big game: 12 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles, including 1 interception. His interception ended Navy’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Intercepted. Third quarter, up 26-20. Ended Navy’s drive (int).
7 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 2 passes broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 1 interception, 1 pass broken up. His interception ended Oklahoma State’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 6 for him; the box score credits 5.
Intercepted. Fourth quarter, up 24-10. Ended Oklahoma State’s drive (int).
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -18 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
47tackles this season47 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tre Lamb
Pass share
49.7%
255 pass / 258 run
Plays / game
64.1
8 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
276 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
47 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 is in progress.
