Player Dossier

2021-2023

San Diego State

New Zealand Williams

LB • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Carson, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

New Zealand Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

New Zealand Williams built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a linebacker from Carson, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of New Zealand Williams' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8444

St. Bernard · Playa Del Rey, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

New Zealand Williams, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San Diego State. New Zealand Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
10
TFL
0.5
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

New Zealand Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · LB
Career Tackles
10
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Bernard · San Diego State
High school pipeline
St. Bernard · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 36 · Sophomore
2023 Tackles rank
10 tackles · LB 745th (top 61%) · Mountain West 243rd (top 47%) · National 2,841st (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State7100.502-049.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024San Diego State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted19.6Apr 16, 2024

New Zealand Williams played LB for San Diego State. Across 3 tracked seasons, New Zealand Williams recorded 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 3.5 primary output with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

12.4

Usage

3.5

Consistency

54.9

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Idaho State: 1. Ohio: 1. UCLA: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 0. Utah State: 0.5. Colorado State: 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. Idaho State: 1 by 14.2. UCLA: 3 by 22.5. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 1 by 9.2. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs UCLA

Result
Sun 11/12@ Colorado StateL 19-2221000
Sat 11/4vs Utah StateL 24-32100.5000
Sun 10/22vs NevadaL 0-622000
Sun 10/15@ Hawai'iW 41-3411000
Sat 9/9vs UCLAL 10-3530000
Sun 9/3vs Idaho StateW 36-2810000
Sat 8/26vs OhioW 20-131

Player Story

New Zealand Williams story

New Zealand Williams built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a linebacker from Carson, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of New Zealand Williams' career was his defensive production: 10 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 7 career games in the available record. That gives New Zealand Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State3.512.43.53.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UCLA

Week 2 · L 10-35

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Ohio

Week 1 · W 20-13

1

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Idaho State

Week 1 · W 36-28

1

Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah State

Week 10 · L 24-32 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

25.3 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 11 · L 19-22 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · San Diego State

3.5 primary output · 12.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · San Diego State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · San Diego State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games