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2016 (Redshirt Junior): An All-Conference USA Honorable Mention selection…Also named a Third-Team, All-C-USA selection by Phil Steele…Started in all 12 games for the Panthers at linebacker…Recorded a team-leading 109 tackles (61 solo), with 6.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks…Also collected one quarterback hurry and one pass breakup…Tied for the team lead in tackles for loss and No. 2 on the squad in sacks…The 109 total tackles were the fifth-most in a single season in school history…Registered 10-or-more tackles five times, including a career-high 15 versus Florida Atlantic (10/1)…Had at least five tackles in every game, ranking No. 6 in the conference and No. 32 in the nation in total tackles…Grabbed 11 tackles (seven solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss versus Marshall (11/19)…Recorded nine tackles (seven solo) with a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup at Charlotte (10/15)…Had nine tackles (seven solo), including a tackle for loss at UTEP (10/8)…Registered a career-high 15 total tackles (nine solo) versus Florida Atlantic (10/1)…Notched a then-career-tying 13 total tackles (nine solo) with a career-best 3.0 tackles for loss and career-high 2.0 sacks versus UCF (9/24)…Notched 10 tackles (four solo) at UMass (9/17)…Made season debut, recording a then-career-high 13 total tackles (nine solo) with one sack versus Indiana (9/1)…Was a preseason Third-Team All-C-USA honoree by Phil Steele.

2015 (Junior): Appeared and started for the Panthers in the first four games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury...Recorded 33 tackles (20 solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss and one quarterback hurry...Notched eight-or-more tackles three times...Tied career-high in tackles with 11 at LA Tech (9/26)...Recorded eight tackles at Indiana (9/12)...Set a career mark in total tackles with 11 at UCF (9/3)...Also notched a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss versus the Knights.

2014 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 12 games for the Panthers, starting in nine...Finished second on the team in total tackles with 50 (35 solo)...Recorded a career-best 4.5 tackles for loss (tied for No .5 on the team), including his first-career sack (versus Bethune-Cookman – Aug. 30)...Notched four-or-more tackles eight times..Also tallied one pass breakup and a quarterback hurry on the season...Recorded a career-high seven tackles, including 1.0 tackle-for-loss at North Texas (11/22)...Notched a then-career-high six tackles (4 solo) with 1.0 tackles-for-loss versus Rice (11/1)...Recorded five solo tackles versus Marshall (10/18)...Notched six tackles (all solo) versus Florida Atlantic (10/2)...Opened the season, recording first-career sack in a two-tackle outing versus Bethune-Cookman (8/30).

2013 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games…made 15 total tackles, nine of those unassisted…also made half a tackle for a loss of four yards…made two tackles in his first career game at Maryland (8/31)…had a career-high five stops at Middle Tennessee (11/9)…forced a fumble at Florida Atlantic (11/29).

Miami Norland: 2012 Associated Press Class 5A All-State Third-Team…2012 Miami Herald Class 5A-Ind. All-Dade County First-Team…2012 Miami Herald Class 5A-Independent All-Dade County Second-Team…No. 16 on Miami Herald Recruiting Analyst Larry Blustein’s Top 25 seniors for Miami-Dade County…No. 17 on the Orlando Sentinel’s 2013 Miami/Dade Super60…No. 42 on South Florida High School Sports’ 2013 Top 25 Prospects...2012 Florida HS Football Class 5A Elite Team Second-Team…team advanced to the FHSAA Class 5A Regional Semifinals in 2012...as a senior, recorded 95 tackles, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one blocked field goal...team won the FHSAA Class 5A State Championship in 2011 going 15-0…finished his junior season with 83 tackles and four sacks...in 2010, team went 13-2 and played for the Class 5A championship...committed on Jan. 22, 2013...played for Daryle Heidelburg.

Personal: Parent - Twila Williams...sibling - Renard...began playing football at age 11...played youth football for the Scott Lake Vikings...Majoring in recreation and sports management.

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Career Highs (at FIU)
Tackles: 15 vs. Florida Atlantic (Oct. 1, 2016)
TFL: 3.0 vs. UCF (Sept. 24, 2016)
Sacks: 2.0 vs. UCF (Sept. 24, 2016)
Pass Breakups: 1 at UAB (Sept. 27, 2014)
Quarterback Hurries: 1, four times (last at Charlotte - Oct. 15, 2016)