Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Temple
Rodney Williams
DB • 5'10" • 187 lbs • Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rodney Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
72
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Temple
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Syracuse • Temple
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Rodney Williams built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Cherry Hill, NJ wearing No. 23, spending time with Syracuse and Temple. The clearest part of Rodney Williams' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Syracuse
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Rodney Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Temple. Rodney Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 137
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Rodney Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Temple · DB
- Career Tackles
- 137
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Temple
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cherry Hill West · Syracuse
- High school pipeline
- Cherry Hill West · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DB 302nd (top 36%) · American Athletic 140th (top 25%) · National 1,360th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Syracuse | 11 | 60 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 11 | 46 | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 32.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Temple | 9 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 58.2 |
Related Context
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Rodney Williams played DB for Syracuse and Temple. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rodney Williams recorded 137 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Syracuse.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Temple paired 9 primary output with 24.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, Temple.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Temple
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
24.3
Usage
4.6
Consistency
70.4
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Villanova: 0. Buffalo: 1. Maryland: 1. Tulsa: 1. East Carolina: 1. Navy: 1. Cincinnati: 0. UCF: 2. Houston: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Villanova: 3 by 12.5. Buffalo: 5 by 30.8. Maryland: 2 by 18.3. Tulsa: 7 by 39.2. East Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 2 by 18.3. Cincinnati: 5 by 20.8. UCF: 0 by 20. Houston: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/11 | @ HoustonSplash game | W 59-49 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 11/1 | @ UCFSplash game | L 40-52 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Cincinnati | W 24-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Navy | W 24-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs East Carolina | W 49-6 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/20 | vs Tulsa | W 31-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Maryland | W 35-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Buffalo | L 29-36 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Villanova | L 17-19 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rodney Williams story
Rodney Williams built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Cherry Hill, NJ wearing No. 23, spending time with Syracuse and Temple. The clearest part of Rodney Williams' career was his defensive production: 137 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Syracuse. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Rodney Williams' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Syracuse and Temple.
The arc is straightforward: Rodney Williams moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Syracuse
2014-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Temple
2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Syracuse | 8 | 30 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 5 | 22 | 4.8 | -3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Temple | 9 | 24.3 | 4.6 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 11 · L 20-35 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida State
Week 12 · L 14-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#3
@ UCF
Week 10 · L 40-52 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Houston
Week 11 · W 59-49 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#5
vs Boston College
Week 13 · L 14-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Temple
9 primary output · 24.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
58.2
#2
2016 Regular Season · Syracuse
53.7
8 primary · 30 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Syracuse
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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