Usage Score
4
Player Dossier
2016-2021SMU
Michael Williams
DT • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Michael Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Efficiency
14.6
Consistency
6.1
Season Value
8.4
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Stanford • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Michael Williams, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Stanford. Michael Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Michael Williams played DT for Stanford and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Michael Williams recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Stanford paired 0 primary output with 6.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Stanford, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · SMU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
14.6
Usage
4
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. TCU: 0. South Florida: 0. Navy: 3. Tulane: 0. Houston: 0. Memphis: 0. UCF: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Tulsa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 25.8. TCU: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 10 by 71.7. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 3 by 12.5. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Navy
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Navy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Tulsa | L 31-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Cincinnati | L 14-48 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs UCF | W 55-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Memphis | L 25-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Houston | L 37-44 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/21 | vs Tulane | W 55-26 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Navy10+ tackles · Splash game | W 31-24 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs South Florida | W 41-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ TCU | W 42-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 39-37 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs North Texas | W 35-12 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Stanford
2016-2019
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Progression
2016201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Stanford | 3 | 15.1 | 4.3 | 3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 3 | 15.1 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 7 | 17 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 6.3 | 1.2 | -7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 3.5 | 14.6 | 4 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Navy
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.8 takeover score.
#2
UCLA
2.5
Primary metric
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#3
California
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#4
Unknown
1
Primary metric
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.1 takeover score.
#5
Northwestern
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2017 Regular Season · Stanford
0 primary output · 6.9 efficiency · 1.1 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · SMU
35.8
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Stanford
22.7
7 primary · 17 efficiency · 5.8 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2016 · Rating 0.894
All Saints Episcopal · Fort Worth, TX
- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Career Facts
2
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
105
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 41 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.