Sylvester Williams

DT · DEN/TEN/MIA/LAC · 2013–2020

Born November 21, 1988 · College North Carolina; Coffeyville CC · Drafted 2013, round 1, pick 28 (DEN) · 6-2, 328 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
2013	DEN	9	19	2.0	3	5	0
2013 playoffs	DEN	2	3	0.0	0	0	0
2014	DEN	13	21	0.0	2	4	1
2014 playoffs	DEN	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
2015	DEN	14	25	3.0	4	4	0
2015 playoffs	DEN	1	2	0.0	0	0	1
2016	DEN	15	29	1.0	5	4	1
2017	TEN	10	20	0.0	0	4	0
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	7	1.0	0	1	0
2018	MIA	7	14	0.0	0	0	0
2019	LAC	4	5	0.0	0	0	1
2020	DEN	6	9	0.0	0	0	2
Career	DEN	78	142	6.0	14	21	5

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
2016	DEN	16	–	–	634	56.5
2017	TEN	15	–	–	342	33.6
2017 playoffs	TEN	2	–	–	58	43.3
2018	DET/MIA	14	–	–	362	40.1
2019	LAC	5	–	–	61	19.2
2020	DEN	8	–	–	168	31.1

Game logs

2020 game log (6 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
8	2020-11-01	vs LAC	W 31–30	2	1
9	2020-11-08	@ ATL	L 27–34	1	0
10	2020-11-15	@ LV	L 12–37	1	0
11	2020-11-22	vs MIA	W 20–13	3	1
12	2020-11-29	vs NO	L 3–31	1	0
17	2021-01-03	vs LV	L 31–32	1	0

2019 game log (4 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
8	2019-10-27	@ CHI	W 17–16	0	1
9	2019-11-03	vs GB	W 26–11	1	0
10	2019-11-07	@ LV	L 24–26	2	0
14	2019-12-08	@ JAX	W 45–10	2	0

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2018-09-10	vs NYJ	L 17–48	2
2	2018-09-16	@ SF	L 27–30	1
4	2018-09-30	@ DAL	L 24–26	3
12	2018-11-25	@ IND	L 24–27	2
13	2018-12-02	vs BUF	W 21–17	1
14	2018-12-09	vs NE	W 34–33	1
15	2018-12-16	@ MIN	L 17–41	4

2017 game log (12 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-10	vs LV	L 16–26	2	0.0
4	2017-10-01	@ HOU	L 14–57	2	0.0
5	2017-10-08	@ MIA	L 10–16	1	0.0
10	2017-11-12	vs CIN	W 24–20	1	0.0
11	2017-11-16	@ PIT	L 17–40	2	0.0
12	2017-11-26	@ IND	W 20–16	2	0.0
14	2017-12-10	@ ARI	L 7–12	1	0.0
15	2017-12-17	@ SF	L 23–25	2	0.0
16	2017-12-24	vs LA	L 23–27	4	0.0
17	2017-12-31	vs JAX	W 15–10	3	0.0
P18	2018-01-06	@ KC	W 22–21	2	1.0
P19	2018-01-13	@ NE	L 14–35	5	0.0

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-08	vs CAR	W 21–20	1	0.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs IND	W 34–20	0	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	@ TB	W 27–7	2	1.0	0
5	2016-10-09	vs ATL	L 16–23	0	0.0	0
6	2016-10-13	@ LAC	L 13–21	3	0.0	0
7	2016-10-24	vs HOU	W 27–9	3	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	vs LAC	W 27–19	2	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ LV	L 20–30	5	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	@ NO	W 25–23	4	0.0	0
12	2016-11-27	vs KC	L 27–30 OT	1	0.0	1
13	2016-12-04	@ JAX	W 20–10	2	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ TEN	L 10–13	2	0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	vs NE	L 3–16	1	0.0	0
16	2016-12-25	@ KC	L 10–33	2	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	vs LV	W 24–6	1	0.0	0

2015 game log (15 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-13	vs BAL	W 19–13	3	0.0	0
2	2015-09-17	@ KC	W 31–24	1	0.0	0
3	2015-09-27	@ DET	W 24–12	3	1.0	0
4	2015-10-04	vs MIN	W 23–20	4	1.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ LV	W 16–10	1	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ CLE	W 26–23 OT	1	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs GB	W 29–10	3	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ IND	L 24–27	1	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs KC	L 13–29	1	1.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ CHI	W 17–15	1	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs LV	L 12–15	1	0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	@ PIT	L 27–34	1	0.0	0
16	2015-12-28	vs CIN	W 20–17 OT	1	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs LAC	W 27–20	3	0.0	0
P21	2016-02-07	vs CAR	W 24–10	2	0.0	1

2014 game log (14 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2014-09-07	vs IND	W 31–24	3	0
3	2014-09-21	@ SEA	L 20–26 OT	4	0
5	2014-10-05	vs ARI	W 41–20	1	0
6	2014-10-12	@ NYJ	W 31–17	1	0
7	2014-10-19	vs SF	W 42–17	2	1
8	2014-10-23	vs LAC	W 35–21	1	0
9	2014-11-02	@ NE	L 21–43	0	0
10	2014-11-09	@ LV	W 41–17	1	0
11	2014-11-16	@ LA	L 7–22	3	0
12	2014-11-23	vs MIA	W 39–36	1	0
14	2014-12-07	vs BUF	W 24–17	2	0
15	2014-12-14	@ LAC	W 22–10	1	0
16	2014-12-22	@ CIN	L 28–37	1	0
P19	2015-01-11	vs IND	L 13–24	1	0

2013 game log (11 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2013-09-05	vs BAL	W 49–27	1	0.0
2	2013-09-15	@ NYG	W 41–23	1	0.0
6	2013-10-13	vs JAX	W 35–19	1	0.0
7	2013-10-20	@ IND	L 33–39	2	0.0
12	2013-11-24	@ NE	L 31–34 OT	1	0.0
13	2013-12-01	@ KC	W 35–28	1	0.0
15	2013-12-12	vs LAC	L 20–27	5	1.0
16	2013-12-22	@ HOU	W 37–13	5	1.0
17	2013-12-29	@ LV	W 34–14	2	0.0
P19	2014-01-12	vs LAC	W 24–17	1	0.0
P21	2014-02-02	vs SEA	L 8–43	2	0.0