Tyler Williams

Height:
6-2
Weight:
295
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
West Palm Beach, FL
High School:
Oxbridge Academy

2022 (Redshirt Senior)

Saw action in a career-best 13 games for the Demon Deacons, helping lead Wake Forest to back-to-back bowl wins with a victory in the 2022 Gasparilla Bowl over Missouri…Totaled a career-best 26 tackles during his senior season with 14 solo tackles and 12 assisted tackles…Finished the season with a career-best 3.5 sacks while also recording 6.0 tackles for loss…Recorded 2.0 sacks in the bowl win over Missouri…Had at least a tackle for loss in six games with Wake Forest holding a 4-2 record in those games…Has at least one tackle in 12 of 13 contests while also having eight games with two or more tackles, this included a streak of six-straight games from the Boston College Game through the Syracuse game.

2021 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in nine games during the Demon Deacons historic 11-win season en route to the ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles…Totaled a pair of tackles including a key tackle for loss in the victory over No. 20 NC State at Truist Field…His other tackle came against Louisville which helped Wake Forest start the season 8-0, the best start in program history and the longest winning streak in program history.

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Started three contests ... Recorded two tackles at NC State (9/19) ... Received his third varsity letter.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in 10 games, making nine starts ... Totaled career-high seven tackles at Boston College (9/28), an effort that earned him a spot on the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week ... Started each of the final nine games of the year ... Recorded a tackle for loss in all five games played in November ... Posted a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss vs. Louisville (10/12) ... Collected a half sack in a win over Duke (11/23) ... On the field for 431 plays with a season-high of 81 vs. Michigan State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (12/27) ... Awarded second varsity letter.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw his first collegiate action at Tulane (8/30) and had one tackle ... Suffered an injury against Syracuse (11/3) in his first career start and missed the remainder of the season ... Finished the season with 11 tackles and a sack ... Picked up his first career sack vs. the Orange.

2017 (True Freshman)
Redshirted.

High School
Team captain ... Consensus three-star recruit ... ESPN rated him the No. 70 defensive tackle in the nation ... Ranked the No. 12 defensive tackle in Florida by Scout ... Won the Lou Groza Award as Palm Beach County’s Player of the Year in 2016 ... Named the All-Area Defensive Player of the Year by the Palm Beach Post ... Member of CBS MaxPreps Small Schools All-American Football Team ... Made 38 total tackles and 19 tackles for loss with four sacks and two forced fumbles ... Helped Oxbridge Academy to a 10-2 record and the state 3-A semifinals ... Three-year letterman for Coach Brendan Kent.

Personal
Son of Tyeisha Rousseau ... Stepfather is Hydn Rousseau and father is Rodney Williams ... Born Aug. 11, 1999...Majoring in Communications with a Minor in Entrepreneurship.