5′11″ · 174 lb · Birmingham, MI · Wylie E. Groves
Ross Williams: DB · Eastern Michigan · #14.
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Ross Williams
Erases the deep middle of the field. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has three seasons of production at Eastern Michigan behind him. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Northern Illinois, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 34 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 25 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2016 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 69 | 49 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Monmouth | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-35@ Buffalo | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-26vs Northern Illinois | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-26vs Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-20@ Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-37vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-23vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL34 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.6%
387 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Eastern Michigan, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 25 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
