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James Williams

Miami · Safety · 2021-23

TKL
162
INT
4
PD
12

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2023, Williams recorded 162 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and 4 interceptions.

Williams was the No. 242 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 67 overall, the 17th-highest safety rating at Miami since 1990 and No. 173 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • No. 242 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

James Williams season-by-season statistics at Miami
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
2021310.522
202259161
2023720.541
Total1622124

Seasons with tracked stats at Miami. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Miami Teammates

  1. 90Cam Ward2024QB
  2. 86Xavier Restrepo2020-24WR
  3. 80Kamren Kinchens2021-23S
  4. 80Jaelan Phillips2019-20EDGE
  5. 77Francisco Mauigoa2023-24LB
  6. 75Mishael Powell2024CB
  7. 72D'Eriq King2020-21QB
  8. 72Charleston Rambo2021WR
  9. 71Jacolby George2021-24WR
  10. 71Damien Martinez2024RB

Full Miami all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia (James Williams (linebacker, born 2003)) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.