Ja'Cquez Williams: LB · Wake Forest · #8.
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Ja'Cquez Williams
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fifth year in the Wake Forest linebacker corps. First career honor, 2021: Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 7 tackles against LSU — Week 12, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 1 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 35 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 73 | 41 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 73 | 46 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 39 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 21 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 241 | 141 | 18.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-45@ Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 12-7vs Jackson State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-16vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-59@ No. 16 Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-55vs Georgia State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-28vs Liberty | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-31vs South Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-59@ App State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 19-27@ Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-27@ LSU | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-21@ No. 23 Louisiana | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
3%1 pass breakups35 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
48.4%
519 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
82.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
565 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #517 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UL Monroe, 241 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Clawson and Terry Bowden.
