Player Dossier

2016-2018

Boise State

Desmond Williams

S • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Corona, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Desmond Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

41

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Player Story

Desmond Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a safety from Corona, CA, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Desmond Williams' career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 6...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8453

Leroy · Leroy, AL

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Desmond Williams, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Boise State. Desmond Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
51
TFL
6
Sacks
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Desmond Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · S
Career Tackles
51
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Boise State
Top game
Troy
Recruit profile
3-star · Leroy · Georgia Tech
High school pipeline
Leroy · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
Senior
2018 Tackles rank
23 tackles · S 200th (top 43%) · Mountain West 170th (top 32%) · National 1,763rd (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State00-0--0-
2017 PostseasonBoise State102-0--052.4
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State102632-2052.4
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State92331-1032.7

Related Context

Desmond Williams played S for Boise State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Desmond Williams recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Boise State paired 7 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.2 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: Utah State

Game 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 · Boise State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

16.2

Usage

3.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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All Games2 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

45 vs Utah State

Result
Sat 9/10@ Utah StateSplash game650011

Player Story

Desmond Williams story

Desmond Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a safety from Corona, CA, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Desmond Williams' career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Desmond Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Boise State

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State0
2017 PostseasonBoise State718.76.17
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State718.76.10
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State516.23.8-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Troy

Week 1 · W 56-20

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

vs Air Force

Week 12 · W 44-19 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Fresno State

Week 14 · W 17-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Utah State

Week 2

2

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Nevada

Week 10 · W 41-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Boise State

7 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

52.4

#2

2017 Regular Season · Boise State

52.4

7 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Boise State

32.7

5 primary · 16.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games