5′10″ · 174 lb · Long Beach, CA
Kobe Williams: DB · Arizona State · #5.
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Kobe Williams
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Kobe Williams has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Arizona State. One game to point at: 8 tackles against USC — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 10 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arizona State | 56 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2018 | Arizona State | 44 | 38 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017 | Arizona State | 36 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 136 | 109 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 21 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-7vs Kent State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 19-7vs Sacramento State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 10-7@ No. 18 Michigan State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34vs Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-34vs Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-21@ No. 13 Utah | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 32-42@ UCLA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-31vs USC | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 34-35@ Oregon State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs No. 6 Oregon | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs Arizona | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 20-14vs Florida State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 10 |
Week 13 · 2019
W 31-28
vs Oregon
6 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 5 solo tackles
Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%10 pass breakupsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL56 tackles · 2 for loss · 10 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Herm Edwards
Pass share
46.4%
382 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
432 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
56 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arizona State, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Herm Edwards. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
