Senior defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 41 tackles.
6′0″ · 211 lb · New Orleans, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1776 nationally · Signed with Kansas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 41 tackles.
Takulve Williams
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 12 tackles, 1 TFL against UTEP, Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 43 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #253 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 41 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | Kansas | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Kansas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 43 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 24-27@ Troy | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-10vs Middle Tennessee | 12 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 35-28@ Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ Jacksonville State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-42vs Liberty | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-13@ UTEP | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 29-38vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-35@ Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Darius Green’s 2023 season.
Matches Darius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Benz Josue's senior season at Georgia Southern (2021).
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Player DNA