Nohl Williams
Nohl Williams
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Marcus Arroyo and Justin Wilcox. 2024 brought the first one: All-America (AFCA). One game to point at: 8 tackles against Stanford — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at California, 175 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2024) — drafted at #85 overall by Kansas City.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2024)
7 first-team selectors
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-ACC
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 4 · EliteR13 · Consensus All-American
Consensus All-American. Recognized by a majority of the selectors.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2024)
7 first-team selectors
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-ACC
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 51 | 32 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | California | 52 | 37 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | UNLV | 39 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | UNLV | 33 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 175 | 119 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 13 | 3 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 21–14
at Auburn
2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 14 YDS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Hugh Nelson’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Donte Kent's graduate season at Central Michigan (2024).
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