Jayven Williams
BYU Cougars
85
Great

Jayven Williams

BYU CougarsContender
RCBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Mississippi State
2nd String / Backup

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Jayven Williams is listed 2nd string at RCB for BYU Cougars.

Redshirt senior · #15 · 6'2", 175 lbs

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Depth at RCB · BYU Cougars

  1. 1191Therrian Alexander IIIStarter
  2. 21585Jayven WilliamsYou
  3. 32673Jordyn Criss

BYU Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

This season: 18 tackles, 1 INT, 1 PBU. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Team Share2%
Mobile, AL
Jersey
#15
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
175 lbs
Transfer
Mississippi State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1811

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 68th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.93 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 68% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WISUTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 24-10

Oct 3WTCUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-10

Sep 20WCSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-23

Sep 12WARIZTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 28-17

Sep 6WUTUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-7

Jayven Williams's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

18 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement20%
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