Sam Williams

DE · DAL/CLE · 2022–2026

Born March 31, 1999 · College Mississippi · Drafted 2022, round 2, pick 56 (DAL) · 6-4, 261 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2022	DAL	12	22	4.0	9	10	1	1
2023	DAL	14	26	4.5	7	5	0	1
2025	DAL	15	37	1.0	4	7	2	1
2026	CLE	8	24	1.0	4	5	2	0
Career	CLE	49	109	10.5	24	27	5	3

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2022	DAL	15	–	–	266	27.1
2022 playoffs	DAL	2	–	–	32	21.9
2023	DAL	17	–	–	298	28.5
2023 playoffs	DAL	1	–	–	8	14.5
2025	DAL	17	–	–	461	42.8

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2026-09-13	@ JAX	L 10–34	4	0.0	0
2	2026-09-20	@ TB	W 23–19	3	0.0	0
3	2026-09-27	vs CAR	W 21–18	2	0.0	0
4	2026-10-01	vs PIT	W 27–24	2	1.0	1
5	2026-10-11	@ NYJ	L 12–17	4	0.0	0
7	2026-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	5	0.0	0
8	2026-11-01	@ PIT	L 6–27	3	0.0	0
9	2026-11-08	@ NO	L 22–23 OT	1	0.0	1

2025 game log (15 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2025-09-04	@ PHI	L 20–24	5	0.0	0
2	2025-09-14	vs NYG	W 40–37 OT	1	0.0	0
3	2025-09-21	@ CHI	L 14–31	2	0.0	1
4	2025-09-28	vs GB	T 40–40 OT	1	0.0	0
5	2025-10-05	@ NYJ	W 37–22	2	1.0	0
6	2025-10-12	@ CAR	L 27–30	4	0.0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ DEN	L 24–44	1	0.0	0
11	2025-11-17	@ LV	W 33–16	1	0.0	0
12	2025-11-23	vs PHI	W 24–21	1	0.0	0
13	2025-11-27	vs KC	W 31–28	4	0.0	0
14	2025-12-04	@ DET	L 30–44	3	0.0	0
15	2025-12-14	vs MIN	L 26–34	1	0.0	0
16	2025-12-21	vs LAC	L 17–34	2	0.0	0
17	2025-12-25	@ WAS	W 30–23	1	0.0	1
18	2026-01-04	@ NYG	L 17–34	8	0.0	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2023-09-10	@ NYG	W 40–0	2	0.0
4	2023-10-01	vs NE	W 38–3	1	1.0
5	2023-10-08	@ SF	L 10–42	1	0.0
8	2023-10-29	vs LA	W 43–20	2	0.0
9	2023-11-05	@ PHI	L 23–28	3	1.0
10	2023-11-12	vs NYG	W 49–17	3	1.0
11	2023-11-19	@ CAR	W 33–10	1	1.0
12	2023-11-23	vs WAS	W 45–10	4	0.0
13	2023-11-30	vs SEA	W 41–35	1	0.0
14	2023-12-10	vs PHI	W 33–13	1	0.0
15	2023-12-17	@ BUF	L 10–31	1	0.0
16	2023-12-24	@ MIA	L 20–22	2	0.0
17	2023-12-30	vs DET	W 20–19	1	0.0
18	2024-01-07	@ WAS	W 38–10	3	0.5

2022 game log (12 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2022-09-18	vs CIN	W 20–17	1	0.0	0
3	2022-09-26	@ NYG	W 23–16	2	0.0	0
4	2022-10-02	vs WAS	W 25–10	1	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ LA	W 22–10	2	0.0	1
7	2022-10-23	vs DET	W 24–6	3	2.0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ GB	L 28–31 OT	2	1.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ MIN	W 40–3	3	0.0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs IND	W 54–19	2	0.0	0
14	2022-12-11	vs HOU	W 27–23	3	0.0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ JAX	L 34–40 OT	1	0.0	0
17	2022-12-29	@ TEN	W 27–13	0	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ WAS	L 6–26	2	1.0	0