2025 Football Roster
Williams, BJ
Jersey Number 18
BJ Williams
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 273
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Johnston, S.C.
- High School:
- Strom Thurmond
Bio
2024 (Redshirt Junior):
Started all twelve games of the season...Ended the season with a career-high 23 total tackles, including nine solo and 14 assisted...Recorded a career-high four tackles against UConn...Finished with 2.5 tackles-for-losses.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in 11 games during the 2023 season… Finished the season with a career-high 11 tackles with three solo tackles and two pass breakups… Tied his career-high with three tackles against Elon and Clemson.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in five games during the 2022 season, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished the season with three tackles recording them against VMI, Army and North Carolina.
2021 (Freshman)
Did not see action during the 2021 season...Redshirted
High School
Played for Head Coach Antwaun Hillary … Rated as the No. 19 prospect in the state of South Carolina by 247sports … Limited to three games in 2020 due to COVID-19 … Earned Region Defensive Player of the Year honors as a junior … Caught 12 passes for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the 2019 season … Was a team captain and two-time Defensive Player of the Game at Strom Thurmond … Football and Basketball team captain … Earned All-Region honors in basketball … Placed on academic honor roll all four years at Strom Thurmond … Selected to the Georgia/South Carolina All-Star Game.
Personal
Son of Renee and Brandon Williams
Started all twelve games of the season...Ended the season with a career-high 23 total tackles, including nine solo and 14 assisted...Recorded a career-high four tackles against UConn...Finished with 2.5 tackles-for-losses.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in 11 games during the 2023 season… Finished the season with a career-high 11 tackles with three solo tackles and two pass breakups… Tied his career-high with three tackles against Elon and Clemson.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in five games during the 2022 season, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished the season with three tackles recording them against VMI, Army and North Carolina.
2021 (Freshman)
Did not see action during the 2021 season...Redshirted
High School
Played for Head Coach Antwaun Hillary … Rated as the No. 19 prospect in the state of South Carolina by 247sports … Limited to three games in 2020 due to COVID-19 … Earned Region Defensive Player of the Year honors as a junior … Caught 12 passes for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the 2019 season … Was a team captain and two-time Defensive Player of the Game at Strom Thurmond … Football and Basketball team captain … Earned All-Region honors in basketball … Placed on academic honor roll all four years at Strom Thurmond … Selected to the Georgia/South Carolina All-Star Game.
Personal
Son of Renee and Brandon Williams
Wake Forest Football Coach Jake Dickert Weekly Press Conference
Tuesday, September 30
Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (Sept. 29, 2025)
Monday, September 29
Sept. 27, 2025: Coach Jake Dickert Postgame Press Conference Following Game vs. Georgia Tech
Sunday, September 28
Dylan Hazen forces the fumble
Saturday, September 27
