5′11″ · 195 lb · Missouri City, TX · Hightower
Joeal Williams: CB · Houston · #13.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Joeal Williams
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Joeal Williams has been at Houston through two head coaches in four seasons. On tape: 6 tackles against Rice, Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-27@ Rice | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-18vs Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 49-63@ Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-14vs Texas Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-26vs Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-20@ East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-36@ Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 57-36vs No. 21 South Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-17vs Tulane | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-52@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 14-70@ No. 22 Army | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
29tackles this season29 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
47.0%
474 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
77.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
512 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Houston, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tony Levine, Tom Herman, and Major Applewhite. Multi-era developmental context.
