Player Dossier

2024-2025

NC State

Zane Williams

LB • 5'11" • 227 lbs • Wake Forest, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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

Usage Score

4.7

Efficiency

12.4

Consistency

41.7

Season Value

18.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

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.

Zane Williams, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · NC State. Zane Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

NC State paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · NC State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.4

Usage

4.7

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0.5. East Carolina: 0. Unknown: 0. Notre Dame: 0.5. Miami: 1. North Carolina: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 2 by 13.3. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 4 by 16.7. Notre Dame: 2 by 13.3. Miami: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.2 · n=3 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · n=2 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · n=3 · +0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Miami

Result
Fri 12/19vs MemphisW 31-7200.5000
Sun 11/30vs North CarolinaW 42-1911000
Sat 11/15@ MiamiL 7-4131100
Sat 10/11@ Notre DameL 7-36200.5000
Sat 10/4vs Unknown42000
Thu 8/28vs East CarolinaW 24-1711000

Career Arc

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

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    NC State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonNC State08.31.6
2025 PostseasonNC State212.44.72
2025 Regular SeasonNC State212.44.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Miami

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#2

Notre Dame

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.9 takeover score.

#3

Memphis

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.3 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#5

East Carolina

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · NC State

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

36.6

#2

2025 Postseason · NC State

18.8

2 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · NC State

18.8

2 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8417

Wake Forest · Wake Forest, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 7 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Zane Williams quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
15