Player Dossier

2019-2023

Texas Tech

Rayshad Williams

DB • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rayshad Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

39

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UCLA • Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Player Story

Rayshad Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Memphis, TN, spending time with Texas Tech and UCLA. The clearest part of Rayshad Williams' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8709

Whitehaven · Memphis, TN

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Rayshad Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Texas Tech. Rayshad Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
133
TFL
3.5
Passes defended
26

Quick Answers

Rayshad Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · DB
Career Tackles
133
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Texas Tech
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
3-star · Whitehaven · UCLA
High school pipeline
Whitehaven · 38 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
Senior
2023 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DB 440th (top 47%) · Big 12 213th (top 34%) · National 2,075th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA933-0-2017.3
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA59-0-108.9
2021 PostseasonTexas Tech135-0-1052.7
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech13331.50-9052.7
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech123410-7033.9
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech101910-6032.5

Related Context

Rayshad Williams played DB for UCLA and Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rayshad Williams recorded 133 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Texas Tech paired 11.5 primary output with 21 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 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 UCLA, Texas Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

14.9

Usage

1.7

Consistency

40.5

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. Oregon: 0. Tarleton State: 1. Houston: 0. Baylor: 2. Kansas State: 2. BYU: 0. TCU: 0. Kansas: 1. UCF: 1

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. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 5 by 20.8. Tarleton State: 2 by 18.3. Houston: 3 by 12.5. Baylor: 2 by 28.3. Kansas State: 1 by 24.2. BYU: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 0 by 10. UCF: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Baylor

Result
Sat 11/18vs UCFW 24-2311001
Sat 11/11@ KansasW 16-1300001
Thu 11/2vs TCUW 35-2822000
Sat 10/21@ BYUL 14-2711000
Sat 10/14vs Kansas StateSplash gameL 21-3811002
Sun 10/8@ BaylorSplash gameW 39-1422101
Sat 9/30vs HoustonW 49-2832000
Sat 9/16vs Tarleton StateW 41-320001
Sat 9/9vs OregonL 30-3855000
Sat 9/2@ WyomingL 33-3522000

Player Story

Rayshad Williams story

Rayshad Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Memphis, TN, spending time with Texas Tech and UCLA. The clearest part of Rayshad Williams' career was his defensive production: 133 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 26 passes defended across 49 career games in the available record. That gives Rayshad 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. 1

    UCLA

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas Tech

    2021-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA217.53.2
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA19.51.3-1
2021 PostseasonTexas Tech11.5213.110.5
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech11.5213.10
2022 Regular SeasonTexas Tech919.32.9-2.5
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech714.91.7-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma State

Week 6 · L 31-41 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington State

Week 4 · W 67-63 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida International

Week 3 · W 54-21

2

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Oregon State

Week 6 · L 31-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa State

Week 11 · W 41-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Texas Tech

11.5 primary output · 21 efficiency · 3.1 usage

52.7

#2

2021 Regular Season · Texas Tech

52.7

11.5 primary · 21 efficiency · 3.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech

33.9

9 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games