Last confirmed: Houston, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 212 lb · Lawton, OK · Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Terrell Williams: S · Houston · #23.
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Terrell Williams
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Terrell Williams has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Houston. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Fresno State — Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 7 passes defended. 4 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 him by name this season.
Houston Chronicle Oct 4Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 19-16@ Arizona | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-3vs Rice | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-27vs Texas Tech | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13@ Temple | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-22vs SMU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-45@ Tulsa | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 38-42vs No. 25 Memphis | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-24@ No. 17 South Florida | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-27vs East Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-20@ Tulane | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-14vs Navy | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 27-33vs Fresno State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 66 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL66 tackles · 7 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
48.2%
411 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
71.0
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
66 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Houston, 95 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
