Tyler Williams: DL · Wake Forest · #72.
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Tyler Williams
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Wake Forest. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Syracuse — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 23 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 24 | 15 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Career | 62 | 33 | 13.0 | 3.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-10vs VMI | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-25@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-36vs Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 45-51vs No. 5 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-10vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-15vs Boston College | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-48@ Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-30@ No. 21 NC State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-36vs No. 15 North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-35vs Syracuse | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%4 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry23 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
49.1%
474 pass / 491 run
Plays / game
74.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
538 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Wake Forest, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
