Player Dossier

2021-2025

Minnesota

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.

Usage Score

10.7

Efficiency

41.4

Consistency

57

Season Value

52.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Nebraska • Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Scouting Read

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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.

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

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Minnesota

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

41.4

Usage

10.7

Consistency

57

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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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

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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 12/26vs New MexicoW 20-1775100
Sat 11/29vs WisconsinW 17-794000
Sat 11/15@ OregonL 13-4231000
Sat 11/1vs Michigan StateSplash gameW 23-2053110
Sat 10/25@ IowaSplash gameL 3-4193200
Sat 10/18vs NebraskaW 24-661000
Sat 10/11vs Purdue10+ tackles · Splash gameW 27-20114100
Sat 10/4@ Ohio StateL 3-4283100
Sat 9/27vs Rutgers10+ tacklesW 31-28133100
Sun 9/14@ CaliforniaL 14-2773000
Sat 9/6vs Northwestern StateW 66-0310.500.500
Fri 8/29vs BuffaloSplash gameW 23-1086111

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Minnesota

    2021-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska1100
2021 Regular SeasonMinnesota11000
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota04.21.1-1
2023 Regular SeasonMinnesota8.524.888.5
2024 PostseasonMinnesota521.24.6-3.5
2024 Regular SeasonMinnesota521.24.60
2025 PostseasonMinnesota1341.410.78
2025 Regular SeasonMinnesota1341.410.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Buffalo

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.4 takeover score.

#2

Virginia Tech

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#3

Iowa

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#4

Purdue

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#5

North Carolina

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Minnesota

13 primary output · 41.4 efficiency · 10.7 usage

52.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Minnesota

52.3

13 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 10.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Minnesota

35.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

8

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8748

Dublin Coffman · Dublin, OH

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

2

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

180

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 37 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.