P.J. Williams, 2013
Photo: David July, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Florida State, 2012–⁠14

P.J. Williams

Number
No. 26
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Ocala, FL
Born
Jun 1, 1993, in Ocala, Florida

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P.J. Williams played defensive back at Florida State (2012–⁠14). The New Orleans Saints took Williams in round 3, No. 78 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Team titles: ACC champions, 2012, 2013 and 2014; National champions, 2013

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Florida State3
2014Florida State1
Career4

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBU
201299514101
2013N132114351.537
On file3019492.538

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
2012Florida State26DB
2013Florida State26DB
2014Florida State26DB6′0″

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 Florida State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 4vs.Wake ForestW 43–⁠31
2013 Florida State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 28atBoston CollegeW 48–⁠341
Nov 2vs.MiamiW 41–⁠141
Jan 6 ✦vs.AuburnW 34–⁠311

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′0″
Weight194 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size8⅝″
40-yard dash4.57 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump40″
Broad jump11′0″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 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

7 seasons, 79 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016New Orleans Saints2700
2017New Orleans Saints134702
2018New Orleans Saints144911
2019New Orleans Saints144211
2020New Orleans Saints134001
2021New Orleans Saints154123
2022New Orleans Saints82500
NFL career7925148

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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