Makai Williams
Makai Williams
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Slade Nagle → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 34–21
vs North Texas
1 TOT
How he plays
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Tulane
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Tulane
Returning around him
- 15% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #64
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to TD Blackmon’s 2021 season.
Matches TD on
Differs from TD on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Max Alford's junior season at BYU (2025).
Matches Max on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman futures · sportsbook market
#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #7749
Peaked at #7749 this season.
Background
2024: Played in all 14 games…Totaled seven tackles and a pass breakup. 2023: Played in nine games and registered a tackle Prior to Tulane: School’s all-time leading tackler at Cibolo Steele…Named to All-American National Combine Team…First team all-state honoree…Played middle linebacker and outsi...