Zachary Williams: DL · UAB · #5.
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Zachary Williams
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at UAB. One game to point at: 3 tackles against UTEP — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 24-47@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7@ Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0@ Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 29-21vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 19-0@ UTEP | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 52-3vs UTSA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-23vs Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-41@ Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-27@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2018
W 26-23
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
30%3 TFLSack rate
10%1 sackHurry rate
40%4 hurries10 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Bill Clark, all run-heavy offenses — 19-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Clark
Pass share
35.3%
319 pass / 585 run
Plays / game
64.6
14 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UAB, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
