AWARDS/HONORS
- 2025 CUSA Preseason Watch List
- 2025 Athlon Sports Preseason All Conference USA Third Team (DB)
- 2024 Athlon Sports Preseason All-CUSA Fourth Team Defense (S)
2025 (r-Sr.) | 7/5: Williams appeared in seven games with five starts for the Hilltoppers during the 2025 season. He finished the year with 21 tackles, one tackle for loss and 0.5 sacks, as well as a pair of pass breakups. Williams also returned seven kicks for 131 yards. Williams served as WKU's defensive team captain for the Oct. 3 game at Delaware. Prior to the season, Williams was named to the CUSA Preseason Watch List and the Athlon Sports Preseason All Conference USA Third Team.
2024 (r-Jr.) | 12/11: Williams played in 12 games with 11 starts during his first season on The Hill. He finished the season with 37 total tackles, including 1.5 for loss, a pair of interceptions and a pass breakup. Williams had a season-high seven tackles in the Sept. 28 game at Boston College, and he had tackles for loss at New Mexico State on Nov. 9 and against Louisiana Tech on Nov. 16. The interceptions came in the Oct. 10 win over UTEP and in the regular-season finale against Jax State on Nov. 30. Prior to the season, he was named 2024 Athlon Sports Preseason All-CUSA Fourth Team Defense (S).
Before WKU: Williams played in 17 games over his last two seasons at Ole Miss, where he recorded 25 total tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a pass defended. He posted 19 of those tackles in nine games during the 2023 season. Williams played in eight games the season before for the Rebels, mostly on special teams, and totaled six tackles. He was a member of the 2020-21 Ole Miss signing class and enrolled early to participate in spring drills, but did not see any action and redshirted during the 2021 season.
HS/Misc.: Williams was rated a three-star prospect by all major recruiting sites out of Westlake High in Atlanta. He was the nation's No. 34 safety, according to ESPN, and the No. 61 cornerback, according to 247Sports. He also lettered in track.
