Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Syracuse
Lakiem Williams
LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Tacoma, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lakiem Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Syracuse
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Lakiem Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Tacoma, WA wearing No. 46, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Lakiem Williams' career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyLakiem Williams, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Syracuse. Lakiem Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 114
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Lakiem Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Syracuse · LB
- Career Tackles
- 114
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Syracuse
- Top game
- Liberty
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 110 tackles · LB 26th (top 3%) · ACC 3rd (top 1%) · National 29th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Postseason | Syracuse | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Syracuse | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Syracuse | 12 | 110 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 77.4 |
Related Context
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Lakiem Williams played LB for Syracuse. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lakiem Williams recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Syracuse.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Syracuse paired 24 primary output with 56.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 56.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Syracuse
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2
Efficiency
56.5
Usage
14.9
Consistency
53.3
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 5. Maryland: 0. Clemson: 1. Western Michigan: 2. Holy Cross: 3.5. NC State: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Florida State: 1.5. Boston College: 1. Duke: 4.5. Louisville: 2. Wake Forest: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 11 by 95.8. Maryland: 7 by 29.2. Clemson: 8 by 43.3. Western Michigan: 6 by 45. Holy Cross: 7 by 64.2. NC State: 4 by 16.7. Pittsburgh: 8 by 43.3. Florida State: 11 by 60.8. Boston College: 15 by 60. Duke: 14 by 95. Louisville: 8 by 53.3. Wake Forest: 11 by 70.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.5 · Games = 5 · +2.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · -2.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs Liberty
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Wake Forest10+ tackles · Splash game | W 39-30 | 11 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ LouisvilleSplash game | L 34-56 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Duke10+ tackles · Splash game | W 49-6 | 14 | 8 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Boston College10+ tackles | L 27-58 | 15 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Florida State10+ tackles | L 17-35 | 11 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/18 | vs Pittsburgh | L 20-27 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/11 | @ NC State | L 10-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Holy CrossSplash game | W 41-3 | 7 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Western MichiganSplash game | W 52-33 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Clemson | L 6-41 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Maryland | L 20-63 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Liberty10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-0 | 11 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lakiem Williams story
Lakiem Williams built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Tacoma, WA wearing No. 46, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Lakiem Williams' career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Syracuse. 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 Lakiem Williams' production has multiple signals. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Syracuse.
The arc is straightforward: Lakiem 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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Syracuse
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Syracuse | 0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Syracuse | 0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Syracuse | 24 | 56.5 | 14.9 | 24 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Liberty
Week 1 · W 24-0
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Duke
Week 12 · W 49-6 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
95 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.
#3
vs Holy Cross
Week 5 · W 41-3
3.5
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Wake Forest
Week 14 · W 39-30 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Louisville
Week 13 · L 34-56 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Syracuse
24 primary output · 56.5 efficiency · 14.9 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · Syracuse
38.7
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Syracuse
38.7
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
6
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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