Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Kent State
Jalani Williams
DB • 6'1" • 193 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jalani Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Missouri • Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Jalani Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 29, spending time with Kent State and Missouri. The clearest part of Jalani Williams' career was...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Jalani Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Missouri. Jalani Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 3
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Jalani Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Missouri
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Parkway North · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Parkway North · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DB 407th (top 43%) · Mid-American 170th (top 33%) · National 1,885th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Missouri | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Missouri | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 5 | 13 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 9 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 37 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Jalani Williams
Jalani Williams played DB for Missouri and Kent State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalani Williams recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Missouri paired 4 primary output with 24.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Kent State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
12.7
Usage
2.6
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas: 0. Central Connecticut: 1. Fresno State: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0. Akron: 0. Ball State: 0. Northern Illinois: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas: 3 by 12.5. Central Connecticut: 2 by 18.3. Fresno State: 3 by 22.5. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 2 by 18.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Northern Illinois: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 9 · -0.7 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
Ohio
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northern Illinois | L 27-37 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Ball State | L 3-34 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/1 | @ Akron | L 27-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Buffalo | L 6-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 14-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ohio | L 17-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Miami (OH) | L 3-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | @ Fresno State | L 10-53 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Central Connecticut | W 38-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Arkansas | L 6-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jalani Williams story
Jalani Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 29, spending time with Kent State and Missouri. The clearest part of Jalani Williams' career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jalani Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Missouri
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Kent State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 24.6 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Missouri | 3 | 20.2 | 4.5 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 3 | 20.2 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 1 | 7.3 | 2.1 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 12.7 | 2.6 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia
Week 15 · L 14-49 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Army
Week 1 · L 22-24 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Mississippi State
Week 16 · L 32-51 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#4
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 45-14
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio
Week 6 · L 17-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Missouri
4 primary output · 24.6 efficiency · 4 usage
51.9
#2
2021 Postseason · Missouri
48.1
3 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Missouri
48.1
3 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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