Noah Williams: S · Stanford · #9.
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Noah Williams
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Stanford since. On tape: 9 tackles against Oregon State, Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 0 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-24vs Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-28@ No. 14 USC | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 41-23@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs No. 3 Oregon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-20vs Washington | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-52vs Utah | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-35@ Oregon State | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 11-41vs California | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL43 tackles.
4 seasons under David Shaw — 20-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
53.6%
372 pass / 322 run
Plays / game
57.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #269 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Stanford, 63 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Shaw.
