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2024 Football Roster

7 AJ Williams

  • Position S
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Bamberg, S.C.

Biography

Prior to Coastal Carolina

2023 (Redshirt Junior) at Wake Forest

  • Saw action during 11 games and started in one game
  • Finished the season with 22 tackles including 16 solo tackles and one pass breakup
  • Had seven games with multiple tackles recorded
  • Recorded a season-high five tackles with three solo tackles in the win against Elon (Aug. 31)
 

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore) at Wake Forest

  • Saw action in 12 games
  • Helped lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl (Dec. 23)
  • Finished sixth on the team in tackles with a career-best 48 total tackles including 30 solo tackles while also having 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack
  • Ended the Boston College (Oct. 22) and Louisville (Oct. 29) games with a season-high tying seven tackles
  • Had at least one tackle in 11 of 12 games played
 

2021 (Redshirt Freshman) at Wake Forest

  • Appeared in all 14 games
  • Part of squad that won ACC Atlantic and Gator Bowl titles
  • Finished the season with six tackles including a pair of solo tackles
  • Ended the year with 273 plays including a season-high 34 against Norfolk State (Sept. 11)
 

2020 (Redshirt Freshman) at Wake Forest

  • Played in eight games, including two starts
  • Registered 30 total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss
  • Notched seven total tackles and a pass break up vs UNC (Nov. 14)
  • Racked up a career-high nine tackles (sx solo) vs Virginia (Oct. 24)
  • Posted his first career sack and interception against No. 1 Clemson in the season opener to go along with six defensive stops (Sept. 12)
 

2019 (Freshman) at Wake Forest

  • Appeared in four games at safety and on special teams
  • Played 36 snaps on the season
  • Saw action on special teams and at safety against Elon, playing 19 snaps (Sept. 21)
  • Scout team player of the week against Utah State and Duke 

High School
  • Team captain at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School
  • A three-star athlete by ESPN and 247
  • Rated the No. 28 player in South Carolina by ESPN
  • Named the Orangeburg Times and Democrat Defensive Player of the Year in 2018
  • Played quarterback and defensive back for the Red Raiders
  • Three-year starter who was selected to the Touchstone Energy Bowl North-South game
  • Also picked for the Border Bowl game between South Carolina and Georgia All-Stars on Jan. 12 in Augusta, Ga.
  • Led the Red Raiders to a 10-2 record in 2018 and Class 3A Lower State semifinals
  • Played for Coach Robert Williams as a senior
  • Rushed for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns while throwing for 584 yards and four scores
  • Had 86 tackles, eight interceptions, two fumble recoveries and a pair of defensive touchdowns
  • Named the Orangeburg Touchdown Club Defensive Player of the Week in mid-November after collecting three interceptions, two pass break-ups and a forced fumble in a playoff win over Hannah-Pamplico
  • In the same game, he rushed for 102 yards and four touchdowns
  • Won the Class 2A Lower State championship in 2017 as he was named to the Orangeburg Times and Democrat All-Area team

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