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Jersey Number 15
Carl Williams IV
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
- High School:
- Southern Lab HS
- Prev School:
- Baylor
As a Junior at Baylor (2025)
Played in one game while recovering from an injury from the 2024 season … Utilized a redshirt.
As a Sophomore at Baylor (2024)
Played in eight games with seven starts … One of Baylor’s best defenders but battled injuries, missing games vs. Utah, Air Force, WVU, Houston and Kansas … Finished with 35 tackles, five for a loss, with one sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup … vs. Tarleton (Aug. 31): Had three tackles in the season opener … at Colorado (Sep. 21): Missed the next two games but returned at Colorado while still battling injury to make four tackles with a sack … vs. No. 22 BYU (Sep. 28): Had two tackles, and a TFL, breaking up a pass … at Iowa State (Oct. 5): Had three total tackles, including one solo … vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 19): Made seven tackles with 1.5 for a loss … vs. Oklahoma State (Oct. 26): Made four tackles with a TFL … vs. TCU (Nov. 2): Had five tackles … Missed the next three games before returning for the bowl game against hometown LSU, going for seven tackles, half a TFL and forced a fumble.
As a Freshman at Baylor (2023)
Had a breakout freshman season, playing in all 12 games with five starts at STAR … Had a 83.5 pass coverage grade from PFF … Ranked 38th in the nation among all qualified cornerbacks in pass coverage … Was the third-highest graded freshman cornerback in the nation, second in power-5 and first in the Big 12 … Finished with 20 tackles, one for a loss, forced one fumble, had an interception and broke up two passes … vs. Texas State (Sep. 2): Made collegiate debut … vs. Long Island (Sep. 6): Made first career tackle in his first career start, a TFL and picked off his first career pass, a late pick in the first half … vs. Texas Tech (Oct 7): Had four tackles … at Cincinnati (Oct 21): Broke up a pass and had four tackles ... vs. Iowa State (Oct. 28): Broke up a pass and had 4 tackles ... vs. Houston (Nov. 4): Forced a fumble and had two stops … at No. 25 Kansas State (Nov. 11): Made two tackles … Had single stops vs. TCU and West Virginia.
High School
Consensus three-star prospect … Ranked as the No. 56 cornerback nationally and No. 22 overall player in Louisiana by 247Sports … Tabbed as the No. 61 corner in the nation according to Rivals … Helped Southern Lab to a 12-2 record and the Louisiana Division IV state championship as a junior in 2021 … Also plays baseball and runs track … Ran a 10.49 in the 100 meters as a junior in spring 2022 … Ran the third leg of SLHS’ 1A state champion 4x100-meter relay team and the third leg of bronze medal-winning 4x200-meter relay … Hit .333 as a sophomore in 2021 for SLHS baseball team, drove in 16 and stole 20 bases on 29 attempts … Chose Baylor over offers from Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Missouri, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt, among others.
Played in one game while recovering from an injury from the 2024 season … Utilized a redshirt.
As a Sophomore at Baylor (2024)
Played in eight games with seven starts … One of Baylor’s best defenders but battled injuries, missing games vs. Utah, Air Force, WVU, Houston and Kansas … Finished with 35 tackles, five for a loss, with one sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup … vs. Tarleton (Aug. 31): Had three tackles in the season opener … at Colorado (Sep. 21): Missed the next two games but returned at Colorado while still battling injury to make four tackles with a sack … vs. No. 22 BYU (Sep. 28): Had two tackles, and a TFL, breaking up a pass … at Iowa State (Oct. 5): Had three total tackles, including one solo … vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 19): Made seven tackles with 1.5 for a loss … vs. Oklahoma State (Oct. 26): Made four tackles with a TFL … vs. TCU (Nov. 2): Had five tackles … Missed the next three games before returning for the bowl game against hometown LSU, going for seven tackles, half a TFL and forced a fumble.
As a Freshman at Baylor (2023)
Had a breakout freshman season, playing in all 12 games with five starts at STAR … Had a 83.5 pass coverage grade from PFF … Ranked 38th in the nation among all qualified cornerbacks in pass coverage … Was the third-highest graded freshman cornerback in the nation, second in power-5 and first in the Big 12 … Finished with 20 tackles, one for a loss, forced one fumble, had an interception and broke up two passes … vs. Texas State (Sep. 2): Made collegiate debut … vs. Long Island (Sep. 6): Made first career tackle in his first career start, a TFL and picked off his first career pass, a late pick in the first half … vs. Texas Tech (Oct 7): Had four tackles … at Cincinnati (Oct 21): Broke up a pass and had four tackles ... vs. Iowa State (Oct. 28): Broke up a pass and had 4 tackles ... vs. Houston (Nov. 4): Forced a fumble and had two stops … at No. 25 Kansas State (Nov. 11): Made two tackles … Had single stops vs. TCU and West Virginia.
High School
Consensus three-star prospect … Ranked as the No. 56 cornerback nationally and No. 22 overall player in Louisiana by 247Sports … Tabbed as the No. 61 corner in the nation according to Rivals … Helped Southern Lab to a 12-2 record and the Louisiana Division IV state championship as a junior in 2021 … Also plays baseball and runs track … Ran a 10.49 in the 100 meters as a junior in spring 2022 … Ran the third leg of SLHS’ 1A state champion 4x100-meter relay team and the third leg of bronze medal-winning 4x200-meter relay … Hit .333 as a sophomore in 2021 for SLHS baseball team, drove in 16 and stole 20 bases on 29 attempts … Chose Baylor over offers from Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Missouri, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt, among others.
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