Usage / Role
72%
Major defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2021-2025Minnesota
Devon Williams
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Dublin, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Devon Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
2121222324242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska • Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Player Story
Devon Williams built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Dublin, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with Minnesota and Nebraska. The clearest part of Devon Williams' career was his defensive...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Devon Williams, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota. Devon Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 180
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Devon Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · LB
- Career Tackles
- 180
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dublin Coffman · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Dublin Coffman · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 89 tackles · LB 70th (top 6%) · Big Ten 14th (top 2%) · National 94th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 45 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Minnesota | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 28.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 28.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 71.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 82 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Devon Williams
Devon Williams played LB for Nebraska and Minnesota. Across 5 tracked seasons, Devon Williams recorded 180 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Minnesota paired 13 primary output with 41.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 41.4 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Minnesota.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Postseason · Minnesota
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
41.4
Usage
10.7
Consistency
57
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico: 1. Buffalo: 3. Northwestern State: 1. California: 0. Rutgers: 1. Ohio State: 1. Purdue: 2. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 2. Michigan State: 2. Oregon: 0. Wisconsin: 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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico: 7 by 39.2. Buffalo: 8 by 63.3. Northwestern State: 3 by 22.5. California: 7 by 29.2. Rutgers: 13 by 60. Ohio State: 8 by 43.3. Purdue: 11 by 65.8. Nebraska: 6 by 25. Iowa: 9 by 57.5. Michigan State: 5 by 40.8. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 9 by 37.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.5 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
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/26 | vs New Mexico | W 20-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Wisconsin | W 17-7 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Oregon | L 13-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Michigan StateSplash game | W 23-20 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ IowaSplash game | L 3-41 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Nebraska | W 24-6 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Purdue10+ tackles · Splash game | W 27-20 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Ohio State | L 3-42 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Rutgers10+ tackles | W 31-28 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ California | L 14-27 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Northwestern State | W 66-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs BuffaloSplash game | W 23-10 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Devon Williams story
Devon Williams built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Dublin, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with Minnesota and Nebraska. The clearest part of Devon Williams' career was his defensive production: 180 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Devon 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
Nebraska
2021
Opening stop
- 2
Minnesota
2021-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212021202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 10 | 0 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Minnesota | 8.5 | 24.8 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Minnesota | 5 | 21.2 | 4.6 | -3.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Minnesota | 5 | 21.2 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 13 | 41.4 | 10.7 | 8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 13 | 41.4 | 10.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 95 Buffalo
Week 1 · W 23-10
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 24-10 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 8 · W 12-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
@ North Carolina
Week 3 · L 13-31
2
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 90 Purdue
Week 7 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Minnesota
13 primary output · 41.4 efficiency · 10.7 usage
71.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · Minnesota
71.8
13 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 10.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Minnesota
48.4
8.5 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Devon Williams
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.