2020 Football Roster
Roster
Bennett Williams
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Campbell, Calif.
- High School:
- St. Francis HS
- Prev School:
- Illinois/College of San Mateo
As A Senior (2022)
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention
» Phil Steele All-Pac-12 fourth team
» Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Week 12)
Started all 13 games for the Ducks in final collegiate season … Led Oregon with a career-high 72 tackles (48 solo) while adding 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and six pass breakups … Finished collegiate career with 173 total tackles, 7.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, eight interceptions, four forced fumbles and 10 pass breakups … Made multiple tackles in all 13 games, including at least four in 11 of 13 games … Earned a solid 73.3 overall grade from Pro Football Focus while playing 787 total snaps, most among Duck defenders … 86.2 run defense grade from PFF ranked second among all Pac-12 defenders and tied for 21st among all FBS defensive backs … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Made eight tackles, six solo, and broke up a pass in Oregon’s comeback win in Pullman … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Forced a fumble and made seven total tackles, including five solo, while also breaking up a pair of passes … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Forced a fumble for the second game in a row and notched a sack for the first time as a Duck … Second career sack … First of four straight games with four total tackles … vs. No. 10 Utah (Nov. 19): Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after tying career-high with 14 tackles, most by a Duck in 2022, and coming away with two interceptions … Second multi-interception game … Second interception came late in the fourth quarter and helped seal Oregon’s top-10 win … Also assisted on a TFL … at Oregon State (Nov. 26): Led Oregon with eight tackles (five solo) in the regular-season finale … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28, Holiday Bowl): Closed collegiate career with five tackles in the SDCCU Holiday Bowl.
As A Junior (2021)
» Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Week 4)
» Jim Thorpe Player of the Week (Week 4)
» Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Week 4)
» PFF National Team of the Week (Week 4)
Played in five of Oregon’s 14 games in his second year with the program … Started three of UO’s first four games before suffering an injury that forced him to miss nine contests … Returned from injury to play in the Valero Alamo Bowl … Finished with 21 tackles (17 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, three interceptions, and a forced fumble … All three interceptions came in a two-game span vs. Stony Brook and Arizona … Earned a 68.0 overall grade and a 72.5 coverage grade from Pro Football Focus … Played 217 total defensive snaps … at No. 3 Ohio State (Sept. 11): A key contributor in Oregon’s historic upset win at Ohio Stadium, making seven solo tackles (eight total) and a tackle for loss … vs. Stony Brook (Sept. 18): Pulled in his first interception as a Duck, returning it 24 yards … vs. Arizona (Sept. 25): Won nearly every defensive player of the week award after enjoying the best game of his Oregon career … Notched his first career multi-interception game, returning the second one 68 yards for a touchdown … One of just seven Oregon players since 2000 to have multiple picks in a game while returning one of them for a TD … Longest pick-six by a Duck since 2017 … Intercepted a pass in consecutive games for the first time in his career … Matched his season-high with eight tackles, including six solo … vs. No. 16 Oklahoma (Dec. 29): Returned from an extended injury absence to play in the Valero Alamo Bowl, playing 26 total snaps and recording a forced fumble and a tackle-for-loss.
As A Junior (2020)
Played in all seven games for Oregon during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season after coming to Eugene from the College of San Mateo … Made two starts, at Oregon State and in the Pac-12 Championship Game vs. USC … Finished the season with 15 total tackles, including eight solo … Recorded 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and two pass breakups … vs. Stanford (Nov. 7): Opened Oregon career with a 1-yard TFL while finishing with three total tackles … at Oregon State (Nov. 27): Made first career start as a Duck against the Beavers in Corvallis, recording his first pass breakup in an Oregon uniform … at California (Dec. 5): Notched his first career sack while recording a season-high five tackles, including three solo … at USC (Dec. 18): Made second start and recorded two tackles and a pass breakup to help Oregon repeat as Pac-12 champions.
At College Of San Mateo (2018-19)
Enrolled in January … Four-star and top junior college safety by ESPN and Rivals … Consensus top-30 junior college prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … No. 13 in the ESPN JC50 and No. 16 overall in the Rivals junior college rankings … Top junior college prospect in California by ESPN … Finished as the No. 14 overall junior college prospect and No. 3 safety in the 247Sports composite ranking … Named PrepStar JC All-American with an overall No. 47 ranking among junior college players … Named California Community College All-State and All-American as a sophomore … Also earned all-conference honors … Earned first-team All-Bay 6 honors as a defensive back … Helped team to CCCAA NorCal Championship with a 12-1 record and a state championship runner-up finish … Finished season with 45 tackles (25 solo), two interceptions and two forced fumbles … Tied for second on the team in tackles while also ranking second in interceptions … Had a season-high nine tackles at Fresno City while finishing with six tackles against Modesto and five tackles vs. Chabot and at San Francisco … Picked off passes against Chabot and Modesto in a 41-0 win in the Northern California Football Conference championship game … Redshirted in 2018 … Junior college coach was Tim Tulloch … Chose Oregon over Colorado, Houston and Oregon State.
As A Freshman At Illinois (2017)
» ESPN.com Freshman All-America team
» BTN.com Freshman Team
Played in 11 games and made seven starts at safety … Finished fifth on the team with 64 tackles, including 34 solo, with 1.5 tackles for loss … Second among Big Ten freshmen in tackles … Led the team and all Big Ten freshmen with three interceptions … Tied for eighth among all freshmen nationally in interceptions … All three INTs came in Big Ten action which tied for third most in the league … Returned three interceptions a total of 55 yards … Second in the Big Ten in tackles among freshmen … First Illini true freshman safety to start the season opener since at least 1980 … Had a pair of double-digit tackle performances … Led the team in tackles twice … Added two pass breakups and one forced fumble … at Minnesota (Oct. 21): Led the team with a season-high 14 tackles, forced a fumble and had a pass breakup … One of eight Big Ten players with double-figure tackles and a forced fumble in a conference road game … Had a season-best eight solo stops.
High School
Three-star prospect by Scout and 247Sports … Four-year letterman and team captain as a senior at St. Francis Academy … Had 17 interceptions over his last three seasons … Finished senior season with 49 tackles, six interceptions and a blocked punt … Had 87 tackles (48 solo) two TFLs, nine interceptions, 26 passes defended, three forced fumbles and a blocked punt as a junior … As a sophomore, 29 tackles (14 solo), three TFLs and two interceptions … High school coach was Greg Calcagno … Chose Illinois over Air Force, Cornell, Hawaii, Sacramento State, San Jose State, UC Davis, UNLV and Wyoming.
