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2014 Football Roster
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Williams, Owen

Jersey Number 58
Owen Williams
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 288
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Macon, Ga.
- High School:
- Westside
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Tackles - 6 at Alabama, 10/24/15 & vs. S. Carolina, 11/7/15
- Sacks - 2 vs. Arkansas State, 9/6/14
- Tackles For Loss - 3 vs. South Carolina, 11/7/15
2015 - R-SENIOR
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- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/12
- Seeing action at defensive tackle, playing in all 13 games with 12 starts, making 35 tackles with 6.5 TFLs, a sack and five quarterback hurries
- 27 total tackles in final six games
- Posted five tackles with a tackle for loss in final game, an Outback Bowl win over Northwestern (1/1)
- On Senior Day, posted three tackles in win over Vanderbilt (11/28)
- 19 total tackles in last four games
- Six tackles, including three TFLs in win over South Carolina (11/7)
- Career high six tackles with a sack for two yards at #8 Alabama (10/24)
- Three tackles at Florida (9/26)
- In first career start, vs. #19 Oklahoma (9/12), made three tackles including 1.5 TFLs
2014 - R-JUNIOR
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- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/0
- Backup nose tackle to Danny O'Brien in first season with Vols after transferring in from Butler C.C. in Kansas
- Named Tim Tebow's Freak Of The Week on SEC Nation, when the show aired from Knoxville on Nov. 22
- Played in 12 games in 2014, making 21 tackles with two sacks for 12 yards
- Made four tackles vs. #4 Alabama (10/25)
- Sat out game vs. Chattanooga (10/11) after undergoing right thumb surgery on Oct. 6, returned in limited action at #3 Ole Miss (10/18)
- Made three tackles both at #12/13 Georgia (9/27) and at #4/3 Oklahoma (9/13)
- Breakout games with five tackles including two sacks for 12 yards vs. Arkansas State (9/6)
- One of 32 to make Tennessee debut vs. Utah State (8/31)
AT BUTLER C.C. (KAN.)
- Two-year starter at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas for coach Troy Morrell
- Rated three-star by 247Sports (No. 17 defensive tackle, No. 18 prospect in Kansas)
- Rated three-star by ESPN (No. 40 overall prospect, No. 12 defensive tackle)
- Rated three-star by Rivals
- Rated two-star by Scout
- Second Team NJCAA All-American in 2013
- Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- 2013 KJCCC First Team All-Conference
- Helped Grizzlies to 2013 Graphic Edge Bowl, making nine tackles in the game
- Led conference in sacks with 7.0 for 50 yards, as part of team-best 15.5 TFLs in 2013
- Piled up 48 tackles and forced a fumble in 2013
- Helped Grizzlies to 2012 KJCCC regular-season and playoff championships
- Racked up 49 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks in 2012
- Also forced two fumbles and recovered one in 2012
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered at Westside High School in Macon Ga., for coach Sheddrick Risper
- All-State by the Georgia Sports Writers Associated in Class AAAA as a junior totaling 86 tackles and 15 sacks
- First Team All-Region 2-AAA, First Team All-Bibb County and Second Team All-Middle as a senior
- Georgia Macon Touchdown Club Lineman of the Week for Oct. 8, 2010 after posting 15 tackles and three sacks in a win
- Played in GACA North-South All-Star Football Classic
- Seminoles compiled a 31-6 record in his three varsity seasons
- Originally signed with Georgia Southern in 2011
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Owen Vidal Williams III
- Born: September 29, 1991
- Son of Shawn and Owen Williams Jr. and Demetrice and Curtis Mathews
- Majoring in Agricultural Leadership
- Recipient of the Dr. John Range Athletic Scholarship
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