Christian Williams

Senior safety on South Florida's 2022 roster.

S · South Florida · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 191 lb · Orange, CA

CFB Index 40 · #326 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceSouth Florida 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

QB recruit

No. 23 nationally · Joined South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on South Florida's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Florida, 67 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20216 games

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Garden City C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#23 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Charlie Strong

South Florida

2020–2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Jeff Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Miami6-7HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

2020Miami8-3HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

40Rotational starter #326 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#645 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles#802 / 2755 · 70th pct

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.2
Road5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #326 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #326 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	South Florida	41	27	2.0	3	--	--
2021	South Florida	20	15	0.0	2	2	--
2020	Miami	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Miami	5	3	0.0	1	--	--
Career		67	46	2.0	6	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-50vs BYU	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 3-41@ Louisville	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 28-48vs East Carolina	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-28@ Cincinnati	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 31-45vs Tulane	6	4	1.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	L 27-42@ Houston	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 28-54@ Temple	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-41vs SMU	3	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 42-48@ Tulsa	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 39-46vs UCF	5	4	1.0	—	0
Total		41	27	2.0	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Christian Williams

20216 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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