Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Coastal Carolina
AJ Williams
S • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Bamberg, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
AJ Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
16
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wake Forest • Coastal Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Player Story
AJ Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Bamberg, SC wearing No. 7, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Wake Forest. The clearest part of AJ Williams' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
AJ Williams, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest. AJ Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 155
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
AJ Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Coastal Carolina · S
- Career Tackles
- 155
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Clemson
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Glenbrook North · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Glenbrook North · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 48 tackles · S 126th (top 23%) · Sun Belt 64th (top 11%) · National 663rd (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 7 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 11 | 48 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 27.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 22 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 46 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30.6 |
Related Context
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AJ Williams played S for Wake Forest and Coastal Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, AJ Williams recorded 155 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Wake Forest paired 6.5 primary output with 27.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 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 Wake Forest, Coastal Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Win 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 · Wake Forest
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
11.3
Usage
1.9
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
Old Dominion
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Old Dominion: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 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. Elon: 5 by 20.8. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 4 by 26.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Old Dominion
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Old Dominion
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Syracuse | L 31-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Florida State | L 16-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Pittsburgh | W 21-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Virginia Tech | L 13-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Clemson | L 12-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Georgia Tech | L 16-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Old Dominion | W 27-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Vanderbilt | W 36-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs Elon | W 37-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
AJ Williams story
AJ Williams built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Bamberg, SC wearing No. 7, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Wake Forest. The clearest part of AJ Williams' career was his defensive production: 155 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. That gives AJ 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
Wake Forest
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Coastal Carolina
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 6.5 | 27.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 7 | 0.9 | -5.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 20.9 | 3.9 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 11.3 | 1.9 | -2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Coastal Carolina | 3.5 | 21.3 | 4.6 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 3.5 | 21.3 | 4.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Clemson
Week 2 · L 13-37 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Syracuse
Week 12 · W 45-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisiana
Week 8 · L 24-34 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Virginia Tech
Week 8 · W 23-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#5
vs App State
Week 11 · W 38-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest
6.5 primary output · 27.1 efficiency · 6.7 usage
58.9
#2
2019 Regular Season · Wake Forest
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Coastal Carolina
30.6
3.5 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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