Duke Williams
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Defensive back, Nevada, 2009–⁠12

Duke Williams

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Reno, NV
Born
Oct 15, 1990, in Reno, Nevada

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Duke Williams played defensive back at Nevada (2009–⁠12). The Buffalo Bills took Williams in round 4, No. 105 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Team titles: WAC champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Nevada2
2011Nevada1
2012†Nevada1
Career4

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Nevada91860

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. † Summed from that season’s box scores (no season line in the source; a game missing from them is missing here). 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
20098218290000
2010135123744.5242
2011135825834.5160
2012N1368381065.5183
On file1989429214.54185

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
2009Nevada5DB
2010Nevada5DB
2011Nevada5DB
2012Nevada5DB6′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

2011 Nevada 1 game with an interception on file, 9 returns, 186 yards
DateOpponentResultIntKRYds
Sep 17atSan José StateW 17–⁠141246
2010 Nevada 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultIntKRYds
Sep 17vs.CaliforniaW 52–⁠311––
Oct 9vs.San José StateW 35–⁠131––

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

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠21); played in the 2013 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 28–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height5′11″
Weight203 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.52 s
10-yard split1.58 s
Vertical jump37½″
Broad jump10′6″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill7.17 s
20-yard shuttle4.00 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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