Player Dossier

2018-2024

Middle Tennessee

Alex Williams

DL • 6'6" • 260 lbs • Pickerington, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alex Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State • Vanderbilt • Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8713

Pickerington North · Pickerington, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Alex Williams, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Alex Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
2.5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Alex Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · DL
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Western Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Pickerington North · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Pickerington North · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Sophomore
2024 Tackles rank
8 tackles · DL 630th (top 62%) · Conference USA 227th (top 50%) · National 3,017th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State10-0--033.3
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State38-0--042.7
2020 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonVanderbilt762031055.1
2024 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee580.50.52-040.4

Related Context

Alex Williams played DL for Ohio State, Vanderbilt, and Middle Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alex Williams recorded 10 receiving yards and 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 6 primary output with 12.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

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

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2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

12.7

Usage

4.7

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee Tech: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Duke: 1. Louisiana Tech: 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. Tennessee Tech: 1 by 14.2. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Western Kentucky: 1 by 14.2. Duke: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Duke

Result
Fri 10/11@ Louisiana TechL 21-4821000
Sat 9/21vs DukeL 17-45100.500.500
Sat 9/14vs Western KentuckyL 21-4911000
Sat 9/7@ Ole MissL 3-5232000
Sat 8/31vs Tennessee TechW 32-2510000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2020-2021

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Middle Tennessee

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State000
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State011.120
2020 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00
2021 Regular SeasonVanderbilt612.15.16
2024 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee312.74.7-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Kentucky

Week 3 · L 21-49 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Duke

Week 4 · L 17-45

1

Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#3

vs UConn

Week 5 · W 30-28

2

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Tennessee Tech

Week 1 · W 32-25

1

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia

Week 4 · L 0-62 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

43.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

6 primary output · 12.1 efficiency · 5.1 usage

55.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

42.7

0 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

40.4

3 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games