Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Texas
Derek Williams Jr.
DB • 6'2" • 201 lbs • New Iberia, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derek Williams Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Player Story
Derek Williams Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from New Iberia, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Derek Williams Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Derek Williams Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas. Derek Williams Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 72
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Derek Williams Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · DB
- Career Tackles
- 72
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Washington
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Westgate · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Westgate · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DB 396th (top 41%) · SEC 225th (top 30%) · National 1,834th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 35 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 3 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 8 | 23 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.3 |
Related Context
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Derek Williams Jr. played DB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Derek Williams Jr. recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Texas paired 0 primary output with 12 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12 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: Vanderbilt
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 · Texas
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
12
Usage
2.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 0. UTEP: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Kentucky: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Georgia: 0. Arkansas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 8 by 33.3. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 5 by 20.8
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Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Vanderbilt
Player Story
Derek Williams Jr. story
Derek Williams Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from New Iberia, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Derek Williams Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 72 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Derek Williams Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 3 | 17.1 | 4.3 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 3 | 17.1 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 1 | 18.6 | 4.7 | -2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 12 | 2.2 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington
Week 1 · L 31-37 · Postseason
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Michigan
Week 2 · W 31-12
1
Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#3
vs BYU
Week 9 · W 35-6 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Houston
Week 8 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 10 · W 34-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
29.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 29.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Texas
0 primary output · 12 efficiency · 2.2 usage
43.3
#2
2023 Postseason · Texas
40.5
3 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Texas
40.5
3 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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