Usage / Role
47%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2017-2021Nebraska
Deontai Williams
S • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Deontai Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
1718192021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Deontai Williams built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Deontai Williams' career was his defensive...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Deontai Williams, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska. Deontai Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 122
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 9
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Deontai Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · S
- Career Tackles
- 122
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Holmes County Central
- High school pipeline
- Holmes County Central · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 46 tackles · S 111th (top 22%) · Big Ten 82nd (top 14%) · National 716th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 25.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 51 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 55.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71.4 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Deontai Williams
Deontai Williams played S for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deontai Williams recorded 122 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 10 primary output with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
36.5
Usage
9.3
Consistency
71.5
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fordham: 2. Illinois: 1. Buffalo: 2. Oklahoma: 1. Michigan State: 1. Northwestern: 0. Michigan: 1. Minnesota: 2
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fordham: 4 by 36.7. Illinois: 6 by 35. Buffalo: 4 by 36.7. Oklahoma: 9 by 47.5. Michigan State: 5 by 30.8. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 8 by 43.3. Minnesota: 7 by 49.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Minnesota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/16 | @ MinnesotaSplash game | L 23-30 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Michigan | L 29-32 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Northwestern | W 56-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Michigan State | L 20-23 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Oklahoma | L 16-23 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs BuffaloSplash game | W 28-3 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs FordhamSplash game | W 52-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/28 | @ Illinois | L 22-30 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Deontai Williams story
Deontai Williams built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Deontai Williams' career was his defensive production: 122 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Deontai Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Nebraska
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 13.3 | 3.1 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | -5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 9 | 37.8 | 7.4 | 9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 36.5 | 9.3 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 15 · L 17-24 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Minnesota
Week 7 · L 23-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Purdue
Week 14 · W 37-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Fordham
Week 1 · W 52-7
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 11 · W 30-23 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
10 primary output · 36.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage
71.4
#2
2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
55.3
9 primary · 37.8 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Nebraska
39.4
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Deontai Williams
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.