Leonard Williams in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, USC, 2012–⁠14

Leonard Williams

Number
No. 94
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Daytona Beach, FL
Born
Jun 20, 1994, in Bakersfield, California

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Leonard Williams played defensive end at USC (2012–⁠14). The New York Jets took Williams in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
First-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 6
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Honors

All-America: AFCA 2014; ESPN 2013 and 2014; Fox Sports 2014

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
TotSoloAstSacksTFLIntYdsTDPDFFFR
2012643133813.51240000
2013743242512.5000011
201480483279.51100331
Career2181111072035.52340342

From the college statistics table in Williams’s Wikipedia article (Leonard Williams (defensive lineman), CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
20121331336413.58140
2013N1332427413.56002
On file63751382714142

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
2012USC94DE
2013USC94DE
2014USC94DE6′5″

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

2014 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Aug 30vs.Fresno StateW 52–⁠131
2012 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 10vs.Arizona StateW 38–⁠171

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 2015
Height6′4⅝″
Weight302 lb
Arm length34⅝″
Hand size10⅝″
Wingspan82⅝″W
40-yard dash4.97 s
10-yard split1.73 sW
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump8′10″
3-cone drill7.59 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 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

12 seasons, 176 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2016, 2024–⁠25) · First-team All-Pro: 2025 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2025

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2025; Pro Football Writers first team 2025.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015New York Jets165530
2016New York Jets166670
2017New York Jets164521
2018New York Jets154050
2019New York Giants15420.50
2020New York Giants165011.50
2021New York Giants17746.50
2022New York Giants12392.50
2023Seattle Seahawks17585.50
2024Seattle Seahawks1560111
2025Seattle Seahawks166170
2026 (so far)Seattle Seahawks51230
NFL career17660264.52

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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