5′11″ · 210 lb · Missouri City, TX · Hightower
Khalil Williams: S · Houston · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Khalil Williams
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Khalil Williams has been at Houston through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 9 tackles against SMU — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 19-16@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-3vs Rice | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-27vs Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13@ Temple | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-22vs SMU | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 17-45@ Tulsa | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 38-42vs No. 25 Memphis | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-24@ No. 17 South Florida | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-14vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-33vs Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 40 | 8.0 | 2.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%8 TFL54 tackles · 8 for loss · 2 sacks · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
48.2%
411 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
71.0
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Houston, 122 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tony Levine, Tom Herman, and Major Applewhite. Multi-era developmental context.
