Player Dossier

2023-2025

SMU

William Spencer

DT • 6'4" • 316 lbs • New Albany, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

William Spencer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.8

Efficiency

8.3

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

9.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Louisville • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

William Spencer, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Louisville. William Spencer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

William Spencer played DT for Louisville and SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, William Spencer recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Louisville paired 0 primary output with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.3 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 Louisville, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game 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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2025 Postseason · SMU

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.3

Usage

2.8

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 1. Unknown: 1. Syracuse: 0. Stanford: 0. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 0. Boston College: 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. Arizona: 2 by 18.3. Unknown: 3 by 22.5. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 6
First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 8

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 1/3vs ArizonaW 24-1922100
Sat 11/8@ Boston CollegeW 45-1311000
Sat 11/1vs MiamiW 26-2010000
Sat 10/25@ Wake ForestL 12-1310000
Sat 10/18@ ClemsonW 35-2410000
Sat 10/11vs StanfordW 34-1010000
Sat 10/4vs SyracuseW 31-1810000
Sun 8/31vs Unknown32100

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Louisville

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonLouisville0
2024 Regular SeasonLouisville05.610
2025 PostseasonSMU28.32.82
2025 Regular SeasonSMU28.32.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.5 takeover score.

#2

Arizona

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.7 takeover score.

#3

Kentucky

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#4

SMU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#5

Syracuse

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Louisville

0 primary output · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage

35.5

#2

2025 Postseason · SMU

9.8

2 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 2.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · SMU

9.8

2 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8861

New Albany · New Albany, IN

Committed To
Louisville
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 11 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.