Darnell Williams
UTEP Miners
46
Depth

Darnell Williams

UTEP MinersRebuilding
FSDefenseDepth
2nd String / Backup

Is Darnell Williams starting?

Darnell Williams is listed 2nd string at FS for UTEP Miners.

Sophomore · #17 · 5'11", 180 lbs

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Depth at FS · UTEP Miners

  1. 11656Esteban GuilloryStarter
  2. 21746Darnell WilliamsYou

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Up next for UTEP

UTEP plays Hawai'i at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 09:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Texas High, ranked #1,242 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 5 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 46 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,242 NatlTeam Share0%
Texarkana, TX
Jersey
#17
Class
SO
Height
5'11"
Weight
180 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025500

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8626
National Rank
#1242
High School
Texas High
Hometown
Texarkana, TX

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 22th-percentile production (×0.75 for competition level) put them -10 vs unit starters → 46.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 22% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.75)
Depth-chart adjustment
-10 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LNEVTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-13

Oct 3LUNMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 61-7

Sep 27LORSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-7

Sep 19LMICHTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-17

Sep 5LOUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-0

Darnell Williams's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
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