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Jersey Number 99
Alex Williams
- Position:
- DE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-7 / 291
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Akron, OH
- High School:
- Pickerington North
Bio
2024 (Graduate)
• Played in all six games and had four starts before suffering a season-ending injury at LA Tech
• Had eight tackles and two hurries on the season
• In early August, NCAA granted him a seventh year of eligibility
• Played 27 snaps in his first game as a Blue Raider against Tennessee Tech and added a tackle and a hurry
• Started at end at Ole Miss and collected three tackles
• Had a stop and a hurry against WKU
• Had a half sack against Duke
• Credited with two stops at LA Tech before his injury
2023
• Out of football
2022 (r-Senior at Vanderbilt)
• Did not play but completed his degree
2021 (r-Junior at Vanderbilt)
• Played in eight games
• Finished the year with six tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and a pass breakup
2020 (r-Sophomore at Vanderbilt)
• Did not see any action
2019 (r-Freshman at Ohio State)
• Played in five games for the CFP semifinalist
• Registered eight total tackles (4 solos)
• Had four stops against Miami
2018 (Freshman at Ohio State)
• Redshirted for the Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions
High School
• Consensus three-star recruit
• Ranked among Ohio’s top 20 players as a prep senior
• Signed with Ohio State out of high school
• Helped Pickerington North to a 10-3 record and Ohio Division I playoff appearance in 2017
• Amassed 38 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks, one forced fumble as senior defensive end
• 2017 all-state honorable mention, all-metro first team
• 2016 all-region
Personal
• Full name: Alexander James Williams
• Parents: Dan and Jen Williams
• Born: 1/20/2000
• Major: B.S. degree in Sociology from Vanderbilt (2022)
• Played in all six games and had four starts before suffering a season-ending injury at LA Tech
• Had eight tackles and two hurries on the season
• In early August, NCAA granted him a seventh year of eligibility
• Played 27 snaps in his first game as a Blue Raider against Tennessee Tech and added a tackle and a hurry
• Started at end at Ole Miss and collected three tackles
• Had a stop and a hurry against WKU
• Had a half sack against Duke
• Credited with two stops at LA Tech before his injury
2023
• Out of football
2022 (r-Senior at Vanderbilt)
• Did not play but completed his degree
2021 (r-Junior at Vanderbilt)
• Played in eight games
• Finished the year with six tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and a pass breakup
2020 (r-Sophomore at Vanderbilt)
• Did not see any action
2019 (r-Freshman at Ohio State)
• Played in five games for the CFP semifinalist
• Registered eight total tackles (4 solos)
• Had four stops against Miami
2018 (Freshman at Ohio State)
• Redshirted for the Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions
High School
• Consensus three-star recruit
• Ranked among Ohio’s top 20 players as a prep senior
• Signed with Ohio State out of high school
• Helped Pickerington North to a 10-3 record and Ohio Division I playoff appearance in 2017
• Amassed 38 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks, one forced fumble as senior defensive end
• 2017 all-state honorable mention, all-metro first team
• 2016 all-region
Personal
• Full name: Alexander James Williams
• Parents: Dan and Jen Williams
• Born: 1/20/2000
• Major: B.S. degree in Sociology from Vanderbilt (2022)
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