Avery Williamson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Kentucky, 2010–⁠13

Avery Williamson

Number
No. 40
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Milan, TN
Born
Mar 9, 1992, in Cleveland, Ohio

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Avery Williamson played linebacker at Kentucky (2010–⁠13). The Tennessee Titans took Williamson in round 5, No. 151 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
Second-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 151
Round 5, 2014 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011Kentucky1
2012Kentucky1
Career2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
201085510000100
2011122623491.501010
20121270651354.531321
2013N12465610241000–
On file147149296104243–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Kentucky40LB
2011Kentucky40LB
2012Kentucky40LB
2013Kentucky40LB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Kentucky 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 15vs.Western KentuckyL 31–⁠321
2011 Kentucky 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 24vs.FloridaL 10–⁠481

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′1″
Weight246 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.66 s
10-yard split1.61 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press25 reps
3-cone drill7.11 s
20-yard shuttle4.07 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 90 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Tennessee Titans147830
2015Tennessee Titans151013.51
2016Tennessee Titans1610021
2017Tennessee Titans159130
2018New York Jets1611631
2020Pittsburgh Steelers1410311
NFL career9058915.54

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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