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Player Dossier
2005-2008Penn State
Derrick Williams
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Impact contributor
Derrick Williams shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2005
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2009
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 18
- Overall
- No. 82
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Derrick Williams, player. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Penn State. Derrick Williams shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Derrick Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · Position unavailable
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Eleanor Roosevelt · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Eleanor Roosevelt · 15 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2009 · Round 3 · Pick 18 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- Class 2008
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 0 | 4 | 35.7 |
| 2006 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 0 | 2 | 16.8 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 0 | 4 | 32.4 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 0 | 7 | 56.4 |
Related Context
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Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Penn State paired 7 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2005 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2008 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2005 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
7
Primary Metric / G
0.6
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Northwestern: 1. Minnesota: 2. Ohio State: 1. Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
— vs Michigan
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/15 | @ Michigan | L 25-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Ohio State | W 17-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Minnesota | W 44-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 40 | 6.70 | 2 | 13 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Northwestern | W 34-29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Central Michigan | W 40-3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Cincinnati | W 42-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 23 | 7.70 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs South Florida | W 23-13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Career Arc
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Penn State
2005-2008
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2005200620072008
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2005 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2006 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | — | — | -2 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | — | — | 2 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | — | — | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 5 · W 44-14 · Conference game
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
2
Touchdowns
100 takeover
2 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs Youngstown State
Week 3 · W 37-3
1
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
1 primary-metric impact.
#3
vs Akron
Week 1 · W 34-16
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
1 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Purdue
Week 10 · W 26-19 · Conference game
2
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
2 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 12 · W 34-7 · Conference game
2
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
2 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Penn State
7 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
56.4
#2
2005 Regular Season · Penn State
35.7
4 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Penn State
32.4
4 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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