5′10″ · 163 lb · Charleston, MS
Ty Williams: DB · Southern Miss · #7.
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Ty Williams
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Second year in the Southern Miss secondary. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1 sack against UTSA — Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 13 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
SuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 12Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 53 | 37 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 13 | -- |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 34 | 28 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| Career | 87 | 65 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 17 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Alcorn State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 15-38@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 47-42@ Troy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-49@ No. 2 Alabama | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-13vs UTEP | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-27vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-6@ Rice | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-2vs UAB | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-17@ UTSA | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 4 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 10-28vs Western Kentucky | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-34@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-30@ Tulane | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 37 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 13 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
25%13 pass breakupsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%7 TFL53 tackles · 7 for loss · 3 sacks · 13 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Jay Hopson, all balanced offenses — 13-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road7g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
50.6%
438 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 87 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jay Hopson.
