Defensive tackle, Samford

Nicholas Williams

Born: Feb 21, 1990

Nicholas Williams played defensive tackle at Samford. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Williams in round 7, No. 223 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	PBU	FF
2009	7	3	0	3	0	0	–	–
2010	11	4	5	9	0	0	1	1
2011	11	17	6	23	3.5	1	1	1
2012	11	15	16	31	8	7	3	–
On file		39	27	66	11.5	8	–	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine or pro day 2013
Height	6′4½″
Weight	309 lb
Arm length	34⅛″
Hand size	10¼″
40-yard dash	4.94 s
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	9′3″
Bench press	28 reps
20-yard shuttle	4.65 s

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

In the NFL

8 seasons, 72 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2015	Kansas City Chiefs	6	8	0
2016	Miami Dolphins	5	7	0
2018	Chicago Bears	1	2	0
2019	Chicago Bears	15	42	6
2020	Detroit Lions	12	22	1
2021	Detroit Lions	14	24	0.5
2022	New York Giants	6	12	0
2023	Los Angeles Chargers	13	29	1
NFL career		72	146	8.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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