6′2″ · 204 lb · Petersburg, VA · Dinwiddie County
Denzel Williams: S · Old Dominion · #25.
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Denzel Williams
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Old Dominion since. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Western Kentucky — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Old Dominion | 68 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Old Dominion | 14 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 82 | 47 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs UAlbany | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-7@ Massachusetts | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-53vs North Carolina | 11 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-38@ No. 13 Virginia Tech | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-58vs Florida Atlantic | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 3-35@ Marshall | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-35vs Western Kentucky | 13 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45@ North Texas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFL68 tackles · 3 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Bobby Wilder, all run-leaning offenses — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 10.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 9.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bobby Wilder
Pass share
44.7%
375 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Old Dominion, 82 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bobby Wilder.
