Defensive back, Syracuse, 2019–22
Garrett Williams
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 189 lb
- Class (2022)
- Sophomore
- Hometown
- Harrisburg, NC
- Born
- Jun 1, 2001, in Charlotte, North Carolina
Wikipedia readers: about 785 a month over the past year
Garrett Williams played defensive back at Syracuse (2019–22). The Arizona Cardinals took Williams in round 3, No. 72 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10tackles, career highvs. Purdue, 2022Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Syracuse | 8 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | Syracuse | 8 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Syracuse | 8 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Syracuse | 8 | DB | So. (Yr 4) | 6′0″ | 189 |
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
2022 Syracuse 7 games, 34 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Louisville | W 31–7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at UConn | W 48–14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Purdue | W 32–29 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Virginia | W 22–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Wagner | W 59–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. NC State | W 24–9 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Notre Dame | L 24–41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Syracuse 10 games, 52 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Ohio | W 29–9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Rutgers | L 7–17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Liberty | W 24–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 2 | at Florida State | L 30–33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Wake Forest | L 37–40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Clemson | L 14–17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Boston College | W 21–6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 13 | atLouisville | L 3–41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | atNC State | L 17–41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 14–31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Syracuse 11 games, 64 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | at North Carolina | L 6–31 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | atPittsburgh | L 10–21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 37–20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Duke | L 24–38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs.Liberty | L 21–38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | atClemson | L 21–47 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 31 | vs.Wake Forest | L 14–38 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Boston College | L 13–16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | atLouisville | L 0–30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs.NC State | L 29–36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 5 | atNotre Dame | L 21–45 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2023 | Combine or pro day 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅜″ | |
| Weight | 192 lb | |
| Arm length | 31″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| Wingspan | 74½″W | |
| Bench press | 19 reps |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 36 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Arizona Cardinals | 10 | 46 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | Arizona Cardinals | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 36 | 124 | 0 | 4 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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