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 14 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami
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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8417

Wake Forest · Wake Forest, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Zane Williams, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. Zane Williams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
15
TFL
2
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Zane Williams quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · LB
Career Tackles
15
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · NC State
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
3-star · Wake Forest · NC State
High school pipeline
Wake Forest · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
13 tackles · LB 684th (top 54%) · ACC 341st (top 43%) · National 2,658th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonNC State12-0--040.5
2025 PostseasonNC State620.50--054.2
2025 Regular SeasonNC State6111.501-054.2

Related Context

Zane Williams played LB for NC State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Zane Williams recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

NC State paired 3 primary output with 14 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14 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.

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2025 Postseason · NC State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14

Usage

4.9

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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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. Campbell: 0. Notre Dame: 0.5. Miami: 1. North Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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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. Campbell: 4 by 16.7. Notre Dame: 2 by 13.3. Miami: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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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 CampbellW 56-1042000
Thu 8/28vs East CarolinaW 24-1711000

Career Arc

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    NC State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonNC State08.31.6
2025 PostseasonNC State3144.93
2025 Regular SeasonNC State3144.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 9 Miami

Week 12 · L 7-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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

vs No. 91 North Carolina

Week 14 · W 42-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 5 Notre Dame

Week 7 · L 7-36 · Ranked opponent

0.5

Havoc Plays

34.7 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 39 Memphis

Week 1 · W 31-7 · Postseason

0.5

Havoc Plays

29.7 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Campbell

Week 6 · W 56-10

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Havoc Plays

12.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · NC State

3 primary output · 14 efficiency · 4.9 usage

54.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · NC State

54.2

3 primary · 14 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · NC State

40.5

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games