Usage / Role
12%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2015-2018Clemson
Jalen Williams
LB • 5'10" • 210 lbs • Columbia, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalen Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Clemson
15161718
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Jalen Williams built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Columbia, SC wearing No. 30, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Jalen Williams' career was his defensive production:...
Read the story2★
- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Jalen Williams, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Clemson. Jalen Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 63
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Jalen Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · LB
- Career Tackles
- 63
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Clemson
- Top game
- Troy
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Blythewood · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- Blythewood · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · LB 581st (top 50%) · ACC 231st (top 37%) · National 2,111th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Clemson | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 53.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Jalen Williams
Jalen Williams played LB for Clemson. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jalen Williams recorded 63 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Clemson paired 6 primary output with 21.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2018 Regular Season · Clemson
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
10.1
Usage
2.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0.5. Georgia Southern: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Wake Forest: 0. NC State: 1. Florida State: 0.5. Louisville: 0. Boston College: 0. Duke: 0
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 1 by 9.2. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 1 by 14.2. Florida State: 2 by 13.3. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/18 | vs Duke | W 35-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | @ Boston College | W 27-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Louisville | W 77-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Florida State | W 59-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs NC State | W 41-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Wake Forest | W 63-3 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Georgia Tech | W 49-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Georgia Southern | W 38-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Texas A&M | W 28-26 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalen Williams story
Jalen Williams built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Columbia, SC wearing No. 30, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Jalen Williams' career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Clemson
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Clemson | 5 | 22 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 6 | 21.1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 10.1 | 2.1 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Troy
Week 2 · W 30-24
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs The Citadel
Week 12 · W 61-3
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia Tech
Week 14 · W 42-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 56-3
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#5
vs NC State
Week 8 · W 41-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Clemson
6 primary output · 21.1 efficiency · 5 usage
53.9
#2
2016 Regular Season · Clemson
39
5 primary · 22 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Clemson
18
2 primary · 10.1 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Jalen Williams
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.