Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Northwestern
Trae Williams
DB • 6'0" • 203 lbs • The Plains, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Trae Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
32
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Trae Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from The Plains, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Trae Williams' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Trae Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern. Trae Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 102
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 15
Quick Answers
Trae Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DB
- Career Tackles
- 102
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Bishop Gorman · Oregon
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DB 446th (top 50%) · Big Ten 219th (top 36%) · National 2,096th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 10 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 33.7 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 18 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 26.1 |
Related Context
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Trae Williams played DB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Trae Williams recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Northwestern paired 9 primary output with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
17.9
Usage
2
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 0. UNLV: 0. Iowa: 0. Purdue: 1. Massachusetts: 3. Minnesota: 1. Illinois: 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.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 5 by 30.8. Massachusetts: 5 by 50.8. Minnesota: 4 by 26.7. Illinois: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Massachusetts
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Massachusetts
Player Story
Trae Williams story
Trae Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from The Plains, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Trae Williams' career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 3 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 Northwestern. 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 Trae Williams' production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Trae 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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- 1
Northwestern
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 26.5 | 3.9 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 26.5 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 14.6 | 2.6 | -4 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 2 | 18.3 | 4.3 | -3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 18.3 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 17.9 | 2 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 7 · W 34-31 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · W 45-6
3
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 13 · W 42-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Duke
Week 3 · W 24-13
2
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Wisconsin
Week 10 · L 7-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Northwestern
9 primary output · 26.5 efficiency · 3.9 usage
53.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
53.1
9 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
33.7
5 primary · 14.6 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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