Defensive end, Duke, 2022–25
Wesley Williams
Lettered 2023–25 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 97
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 265 lb
- Class (2025)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Gainesville, VA
- Born
- Sep 22, 2004, in Prince William County, Virginia
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Wesley Williams played defensive end at Duke (2022–25). The Jacksonville Jaguars took Williams in round 4, No. 119 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9tackles, career highat California, 20252sacks, career highat Middle Tennessee, 2024Team titles: ACC champions, 2025
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
2025 Duke 14 games, 43 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Elon | W 45–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Illinois | L 19–45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at Tulane | L 27–34 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. NC State | W 45–33 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Syracuse | W 38–3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at California | W 45–21 | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 18–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Clemson | W 46–45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at UConn | L 34–37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Virginia | L 17–34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at North Carolina | W 32–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Wake Forest | W 49–32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Virginia | W 27–20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Arizona State | W 42–39 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Duke 13 games, 47 tackles, 7 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs.Elon | W 26–3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Northwestern | W 26–20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs.UConn | W 26–21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | at Middle Tennessee | W 45–17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs.North Carolina | W 21–20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atGeorgia Tech | L 14–24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Florida State | W 23–16 | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. SMU | L 27–28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Miami | L 31–53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atNC State | W 29–19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 31–28 | 8 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | atWake Forest | W 23–17 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | L 20–52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Duke 12 games, 37 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs. Lafayette | W 42–7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs.Northwestern | W 38–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atUConn | W 41–7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Notre Dame | L 14–21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs.NC State | W 24–3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atFlorida State | L 20–38 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Louisville | L 0–23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Wake Forest | W 24–21 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atNorth Carolina | L 45–47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atVirginia | L 27–30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 30–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. Troy | W 17–10 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¾″ | |
| Weight | 256 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅞″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 78⅛″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.89 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| Bench press | 22 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.47 sW |
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).
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