Originally entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie free agent with Detroit on 5/12/23. Released by Detroit on 8/29/23 and claimed off waivers by the Cardinals on 8/30/23.
2024: Made 15 starts and played all 17 games ... totaled 47 tackles (one for loss), six passes defensed and a forced fumble ... started @ Buf (9/8) where he recorded three solo tackles and a pass defensed ... started vs LAR (9/15) and had four tackles (one solo) ... started vs. Det (9/22) and registered three tackles (one solo) ... had two solo tackles and a pass defensed vs. Was (9/29) ... started @ SF (10/6) posting one solo tackle ... had one solo tackle @ GB (10/13) ... registered five tackles (three solo, one for loss) and his first-career forced fumble in the win vs. LAC (10/21), the FF was a pivotal play as it was recovered by S Jalen Thompson in the end zone for a touchback and prevented Chargers WR Jalen Reagor from scoring ... recorded three tackles (two solo) @ Mia (10/27) ... recorded a season-high six solo tackles and one pass defensed vs. Chi (11/3) ... recorded five tackles (four solo) and one pass defensed in the win vs. NYJ (11/10) ... had three tackles (two solo) @ Sea (11/24) ... had one tackle @ Min (12/1) ... posted two tackles vs. Sea (12/8) ... had two tackles in the win vs. NE (12/15) ... posted a tackle and a pass defensed @ Car (12/22) ... recorded a tackle @ LAR (12/28) ... had four tackles in the win vs. SF (1/5/25).
2023: Appeared in 12 games (seven starts) in his first NFL season ... had 38 tackles (35 solo), one tackle for loss and five passes defensed ... inactive @ Was (9/10) ... inactive vs. NYG (9/17) ... inactive vs. Dal (9/24) ... inactive @ SF (10/1) ... made NFL debut vs. Cin (10/8) seeing action on special teams ... played @ LAR (10/15) on both defense and special teams ... made first career start @ Sea (10/22) posting four tackles (one for loss) and a pass defensed ... posted one solo tackle and a pass defensed vs. Bal (10/29) ... had three tackles @ Cle (11/5) ... recorded one tackle vs. Atl (11/12) ... recorded two solo tackles @ Hou (11/19) ... tallied three tackles vs. LAR (11/26) ... inactive (ankle) @ Pit (12/3) ... posted five tackles and one pass defensed vs. SF (12/17) ... recorded a career-high eight tackles @ Chi (12/24) ... had five tackles and a pass defensed @ Phi (12/31) ... posted five tackles and a pass defensed vs. Sea (1/7/24).
Spent five years (2018-22) at UAB and played 53 games (40 starts), finishing his college career with 108 tackles, 29 passes defensed, three INTs, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble … also returned 23 punts for 167 yards (7.3 avg.) and 12 kickoffs for 224 yards (18.7 avg.) … earned first-team All-Conference USA honors as a senior in 2022 after starting all 13 games and totaling 30 tackles and a team-leading 15 passes defensed as well as returning 10 punts for 51 yards … earned All-Conference USA honorable mention honors at both cornerback and as a punt returner as a junior in 2021 after registering a career-best 41 tackles, eight passes defensed, two INTs, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … also had 10 punt returns for 78 yards … helped UAB win its second-consecutive C-USA West Division title as a sophomore in 2019 after starting all 14 games and notching 27 tackles, three passes defensed, one INT and one fumble recovery … appeared in 13 games as a freshman in 2018 where he logged 10 tackles and three passes defensed.
Attended Ramsay (Birmingham, AL) High School where he played cornerback, wide receiver, punt returner and kick returner … played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game as a senior in 2017 … plays for his late mother, Stephanie Williams, who passed away from cancer in 2018 when he was a freshman at UAB.
