Player Dossier

2023-2025

Baylor

Carl Williams IV

S • 6'1" • 192 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carl Williams IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Carl Williams IV built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 15, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Carl Williams IV's career was his defensive...

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Carl Williams IV, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Baylor. Carl Williams IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
58
TFL
6.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Carl Williams IV quick answers

Latest team and position
Baylor · S
Career Tackles
58
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Baylor
Top game
BYU
High school pipeline
Southern Lab · 21 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
1 tackles · S 508th (top 91%) · Big 12 596th (top 82%) · National 5,053rd (top 82%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonBaylor92110-2026.1
2024 PostseasonBaylor870.50--060.5
2024 Regular SeasonBaylor82951-1060.5
2025 Regular SeasonBaylor11-0--037

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Baylor to OregonP4 to P477.3Jan 12, 2026

Carl Williams IV played S for Baylor. Across 3 tracked seasons, Carl Williams IV recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Baylor.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Baylor paired 7.5 primary output with 28.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

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 · Baylor

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs SMU

Result
Sat 9/6@ SMUW 48-4510000

Player Story

Carl Williams IV story

Carl Williams IV built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 15, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Carl Williams IV's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Carl Williams IV's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Baylor

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBaylor414.23.1
2024 PostseasonBaylor7.528.17.73.5
2024 Regular SeasonBaylor7.528.17.70
2025 Regular SeasonBaylor04.20.8-7.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs BYU

Week 5 · L 28-34 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas Tech

Week 8 · W 59-35 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Long Island University

Week 3 · W 30-7

2

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado

Week 4 · L 31-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#5

@ LSU

Week 1 · L 31-44 · Postseason

0.5

Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Baylor

7.5 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 7.7 usage

60.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Baylor

60.5

7.5 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 7.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Baylor

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games