Deontai
Williams
#24 Defensive Back
Deontai
Williams
#24 Defensive Back
Height 6'1
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Date (Age) 1996-10-04 (27)
Born Jacksonville, FL
School Nebraska
Status AMER
Defensive Tackles 41
Special Teams Tackles 6
Interceptions 1
Sacks 0

ACQUIRED: Signed by Roughriders in January 2023.

YEARS WITH ROUGHRIDERS: 2

YEARS IN CFL: 2

 

2023: In 14 games as a first-year CFLer, Williams registered 41 defensive tackles and one interception while being used extensively as a starting defensive halfback. Williams made his first CFL interception on July 15 against the visiting Calgary Stampeders.

 

PRO: Williams signed with Seattle as an undrafted free agent and spent training camp with the Seahawks in 2022. He played in all three of Seattle’s NFL pre-season games, registering seven defensive tackles.

 

COLLEGE: Williams spent four seasons (2018-21) with the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. In 29 games, he recorded 122 defensive tackles (6.5 for a loss), one sack, six interceptions (including four in 2021), 15 pass knockdowns, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, one of which he returned for a touchdown. He earned All-Big Ten honourable mention recognition in 2020 and 2021.

Seasons

Defence

YEAR TEAM GP DT ST SACKS INT TD FF
2023
SSK 14 41 6 0 1 0 0
Total
14 41 6 0 1 0 0

Game Log

Defence

DATE WEEK OPP DT ST SACKS INT TD FF
06-16
2 WPG 4 1 0 0 0 0
06-24
3 CGY 4 0 0 0 0 0
07-06
5 EDM 2 0 0 0 0 0
07-15
6 CGY 2 0 0 1 0 0
07-22
7 BC 0 1 0 0 0 0
07-29
8 TOR 1 2 0 0 0 0
08-11
10 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0
08-20
11 BC 4 0 0 0 0 0
09-03
13 WPG 4 1 0 0 0 0
09-09
14 WPG 6 1 0 0 0 0
10-07
18 HAM 3 0 0 0 0 0
10-13
19 CGY 1 0 0 0 0 0
10-21
20 TOR 9 0 0 0 0 0
Total
41 6 0 1 0 0

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