Player Dossier

2017-2022

Oregon

Bennett Williams

DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Campbell, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bennett Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Illinois • Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Bennett Williams built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive back from Campbell, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Illinois and Oregon. The clearest part of Bennett Williams' career was his...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8081

St. Francis · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Bennett Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. Bennett Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
166
TFL
5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
10
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Bennett Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon · DB
Career Tackles
166
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Utah
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Francis · Illinois
High school pipeline
St. Francis · 17 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
67 tackles · DB 46th (top 5%) · Pac-12 24th (top 5%) · National 256th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois10641.5012056.1
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois11-0--037
2020 Regular SeasonOregon61410-2031.5
2021 Regular SeasonOregon42010--253.4
2022 Regular SeasonOregon12671.51-6056.1

Related Context

Bennett Williams played DB for Illinois and Oregon. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bennett Williams recorded 166 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Oregon.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Illinois paired 7.5 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Oregon.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 9/22vs Penn StateL 24-6310000

Player Story

Bennett Williams story

Bennett Williams built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive back from Campbell, CA wearing No. 4, spending time with Illinois and Oregon. The clearest part of Bennett Williams' career was his defensive production: 166 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 8 interceptions across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Oregon. 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 Bennett Williams' production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois and Oregon.

The arc is straightforward: Bennett 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. 1

    Illinois

    2017-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oregon

    2020-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois7.533.38.2
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.8-7.5
2020 Regular SeasonOregon314.73.93
2021 Regular SeasonOregon430.89.21
2022 Regular SeasonOregon10.531.36.96.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah

Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 4 · W 41-19 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Iowa

Week 6 · L 16-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Stanford

Week 10 · W 35-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Arizona

Week 6 · W 49-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Illinois

7.5 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 8.2 usage

56.1

#2

2022 Regular Season · Oregon

56.1

10.5 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 6.9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Oregon

53.4

4 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 9.2 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

6

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games