Player Dossier

2015-2018

Akron

Brennan Williams

DL • 6'1" • 285 lbs • Akron, OH, USA

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Brennan Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

7

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Brennan Williams built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Akron, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Brennan Williams' career was his defensive...

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Brennan Williams, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Akron. Brennan Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
11
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
7

Quick Answers

Brennan Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · DL
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Akron
Top game
Bowling Green
Latest roster
No. 97 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
43 tackles · DL 55th (top 7%) · Mid-American 74th (top 14%) · National 828th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonAkron00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonAkron610-01-07.8
2017 Regular SeasonAkron71320.52-028.9
2018 Regular SeasonAkron1243934-060.7

Related Context

Brennan Williams played DL for Akron. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brennan Williams recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Akron.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Akron paired 16 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Akron

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

8.6

Usage

1.3

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. VMI: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Marshall: 1. App State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Ball State: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. VMI: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 0 by 10. App State: 4 by 16.7. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs App State

Result
Sat 10/22@ Ball StateW 35-2511000
Sat 10/15vs Western MichiganL 0-4122000
Sat 9/24vs App StateL 38-4542000
Sat 9/17@ MarshallW 65-3800000
Sat 9/10@ WisconsinL 10-5411000
Sat 9/3vs VMIW 47-2422000

Player Story

Brennan Williams story

Brennan Williams built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Akron, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Brennan Williams' career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Akron. 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 Brennan Williams' production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron.

The arc is straightforward: Brennan 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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    Akron

    2015-2018

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Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonAkron0
2016 Regular SeasonAkron18.61.31
2017 Regular SeasonAkron4.514.243.5
2018 Regular SeasonAkron1628.38.511.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bowling Green

Week 12 · L 6-21 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

89.4 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 11 · L 7-27 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Northern Illinois

Week 10 · L 26-36 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 13 · W 24-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Kent State

Week 8 · W 24-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Akron

16 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage

60.7

#2

2017 Regular Season · Akron

28.9

4.5 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Akron

7.8

1 primary · 8.6 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games