Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Louisville
Nigel Williams
DB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nigel Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northwestern • New Mexico • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Player Story
Nigel Williams built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Richmond, VA wearing No. 33, spending time with Louisville, New Mexico, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Nigel Williams'...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Nigel Williams, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico. Nigel Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Nigel Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DB
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Collegiate School · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Collegiate School · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DB 804th (top 83%) · ACC 535th (top 68%) · National 4,256th (top 69%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 11 | 53 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisville | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
Related Context
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Nigel Williams played DB for Northwestern, New Mexico, and Louisville. Across 6 tracked seasons, Nigel Williams recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 2 primary output with 21.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, New Mexico, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
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Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Boston College: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Eastern Kentucky
Player Story
Nigel Williams story
Nigel Williams built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Richmond, VA wearing No. 33, spending time with Louisville, New Mexico, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Nigel Williams' career was his defensive production: 59 tackles and 2 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with New Mexico. 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 Nigel Williams' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville, New Mexico, and Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Nigel 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Northwestern
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Louisville
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 2 | 21.9 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 6.3 | 1.2 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah State
Week 8 · W 50-45 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#2
@ New Mexico State
Week 5 · W 50-40
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.
#3
vs Wyoming
Week 10 · L 45-49 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
35.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 35.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Washington State
Week 12 · W 38-35
0
Havoc Plays
24.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 24.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Hawai'i
Week 14 · L 30-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
24.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 24.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
2 primary output · 21.9 efficiency · 3.3 usage
38.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Louisville
38.8
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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