Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#96
Zion Williams
Freshman defensive lineman on Texas's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 370 lb · Lufkin, TX · Lufkin
Transferred LSU → Texas for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Texas State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive lineman on Texas's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2025.
- Transferred from LSU to Texas in 2026.
Zion Williams
LSU to Texas — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Texas State — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Lufkin
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Texas
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas
2025LSU
2026Texas
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026Texas2-0HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
A first-year defensive tackle from Lufkin, Texas … transferred to Texas from LSU in spring 2026 … played in five career games at LSU. BEFORE TEXAS FRESHMAN (2025) Appeared in five games for the LSU Tigers, consisting of those against No. 4 Clemson (8/30), No. 13 Ole Miss (9/27), No. 3 Texas A&M (...
The defensive line · Texas
- #1Colin Simmons15.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #93Hero Kanu4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #95Ian Geffrard4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #19Zina Umeozulu3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #96Zion Williams1 game · 2026
14 more on the roster · Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology