CFB Zeitgeist Score
59
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 90th percentile.
Wydett Williams
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
73 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Ole Miss for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Ole Miss
Returning around him
- 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Ole Miss players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +3 net (28 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #21 · 2026 recruiting class #16
S · OLE MISS · SEC
Wydett Williams
- 4
- #16
- 6-2 | 205 lb
- Lake Providence, LA
Heisman Heat
#12869
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Ole Miss
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Wydett Williams
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Wydett Williams
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 15g
73Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
73Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Wydett Williams is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Ole Miss's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 3 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
73 95th
SOLO
42 96th
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
9 98th
INT
3 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-7vs Georgia State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-23@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-35vs Arkansas | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Tulane | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-19vs LSU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Washington State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-43@ Georgia | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 34-26@ Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-14vs South Carolina | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-24vs Florida | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-19@ Mississippi State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Tulane | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 39-34@ Georgia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 27-31vs Miami | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 73 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ole Miss | 73 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 73 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 73 | #227/4942 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.0 | #2051/4972 | 59th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 3 | #56/869 | 94th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 9 | #36/2184 | 98th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 42 | #165/4584 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 12 | #382/578 | 34th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 4.0 | #463/578 | 20th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home10g | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins13g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Losses2g | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
59Solid starter
Elite: passes defended (98th). Strength: solo tackles (94th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Wydett WilliamsOle MissTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 89% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 84% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 81% sim
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Interceptions
Forced fumbles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cameron Smith’s 2025 season.
Cameron Smith
77%match
#2
Silas Walters
All-MAC
78%
#3
Johnathan Baldwin
All-Mountain West
76%
#4
Marvin Grant
72%
#5
Paul Lewis III
All-MAC
71%
Matches Cameron on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Differs from Cameron on
Weight (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Spencer's sophomore season at Michigan State (2023).
Malik Spencer
73%match
#2
Tyon Davis
72%
#3
Jakobe Thomas
All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 34
69%
#4
Yusuf Corker
All-SEC
68%
#5
Josh Hayes
67%
Matches Malik on
Class year
Tackle volume
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
48.2%
521 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
72.1
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.5%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLake Providence, LA
Height6'2"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey16
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOle Miss
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UL Monroe | S4 | #12869 | #12809 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.