Player Dossier

2022-2025

Wake Forest

BJ Williams

DL • 6'4" • 273 lbs • Johnston, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

BJ Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 3.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.3

Efficiency

11.5

Consistency

12.1

Season Value

9.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

BJ Williams, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest. BJ Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 3.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Loss with 1 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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2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11.5

Usage

3.3

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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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. Unknown: 0. Virginia: 0.5. Ole Miss: 0. Louisiana: 0. NC State: 0. Clemson: 0. UConn: 0.5. California: 1. North Carolina: 1. Miami: 0. Duke: 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. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 3 by 17.5. Ole Miss: 4 by 16.7. Louisiana: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 4 by 21.7. California: 2 by 18.3. North Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 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 = 2 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

21.7 vs UConn

Result
Sat 11/30vs DukeL 17-2320000
Sat 11/23@ MiamiL 14-4211000
Sun 11/17@ North CarolinaL 24-3111100
Sat 11/9vs CaliforniaL 36-46210.500.500
Sat 10/19@ UConnW 23-20410.5000
Sat 10/12vs ClemsonL 14-4910000
Sat 10/5@ NC StateW 34-3011000
Sat 9/28vs LouisianaL 38-4132000
Sat 9/14vs Ole MissL 6-4040000
Sat 9/7vs VirginiaL 30-31310.5000
Thu 8/29vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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

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    Wake Forest

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest04.20.6
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest181.21
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest311.53.32
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest03.20.5-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

California

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.7 takeover score.

#2

North Carolina

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.3 takeover score.

#3

Vanderbilt

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

UConn

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.6 takeover score.

#5

Virginia

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

34.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest

34.6

0 primary · 3.2 efficiency · 0.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

9.8

3 primary · 11.5 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8444

Strom Thurmond · Johnston, SC

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

40

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 25 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
40