Michael Williams

2024: Saw action in all 13 games and made 3 starts… recorded 30 total tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, five quarterback hurries and two pass break-ups...had a career-high fiv tackle (three solo) and added 1.5 tackles for loss vs UAB (10/19)... had a sack and three tackles at Rice (11/30) and registered a 0.5 sack against B-CU (8/31) and at Florida Atlantic (11/1)… had four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss vs. Navy (11/9)...posted a tackle in 12 games on the year, including three in games at Southern Miss (9/14), at FAU (11/1), vs. Tulsa (11/23) and at Rice (11/30). 2023: Saw action in 13 games...finished season with 13 tackles (nine solo), 3.5 TFL, one sack, and one PBU... tallied his first career tackle vs. WKU (9/2)...tallied his first career PBU vs. Rice (9/23)...recorded his first 1.5 TFL of his career vs. FAU (10/14)...registered his first career sack with his lone tackle at Memphis (11/4)...finished Boca Raton Bowl game vs. Syracuse (12/21) with one solo TFL. 2022: Saw action in two games, vs. Howard (9/10) and vs. Tulane (10/15). WEST BLOOMFIELD HS: A dynamic pass rusher that played linebacker and defensive end in high school…projected as a defensive end at USF…had 20 scholarship offers, including from five Big Ten programs and three SEC programs…recruited by defensive coordinator Bob Shoop and defensive line coach Da’Quan Bowers..rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and as the No. 7 recruit in Michigan…a four-star recruit by On3 with an 89.0 rating…a three-star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports…rated at .8891 by 247Sports…ranked as the No. 37 linebacker nationally and No. 6 player in the state of Michigan by 247Sports…set West Bloomfield’s season sack record with 23.5 as a senior… his sack total as a senior was the highest in the state in 16 years and ranks among the top five all-time, single-season sack totals in the state of Michigan, just 2.5 off the state record set in 1977…a first-team All-State selection…Detroit Free Press All-North First Team…helped team to a 10-2 record and the regional championship… missed the first nine games of his junior season with a torn ACL, a season in which his team went on to win a state championship…a team captain that also punted…chose USF over offers from Arizona State, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee, West Virginia and others. PERSONAL: Named to the Athletics Honor Roll in the Spring of 2024. WILLIAMS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles 5, vs. UAB (10/19/24) TFL 1.5 (2x) vs. UAB (10/19/24) Sacks 1.0 (2X), last at Rice (11/30) WILLIAMS’ GAME-BY-GAME 2024 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists) B-CU (2-1-1); Alabama (0-0-0); Southern Miss (3-1-2); Miami (FL) (1-1-0); Tulane (2-1-1); Memphis (1-0-1); UAB (5-3-2); Florida Atlantic (3-1-2); Navy (4-3-1); Charlotte (2-0-2); Tulsa (3-0-3); Rice (3-3-0); San Jose St. (1-1-0) 2023 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists) WKU (2-1-1); Florida A&M (0-0-0); Alabama (0-0-0); Rice (1-1-0); Navy (3-1-2); UAB (0-0-0); FAU (3-2-1); UCONN (0-0-0); Memphis (1-1-0); Temple (1-1-0); UTSA (1-1-0); Charlotte (0-0-0); Syracuse (1-1-0).