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Williams, Lakiem
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Jersey Number 46
Lakiem Williams
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tacoma, Wash.
- High School:
- Spanaway Lake
- Prev School:
- Butte College
Bio
Career Overview: Recorded 114 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, one pass breakup and one forced fumble in 19 games (12 starts) over two seasons with Orange ... 2019 All-ACC and All-ECAC selection ... Played for Team Kai in the 2020 Hula Bowl ... Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2018 and was named to the Spring 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at Butte College in California … Tallied 124 tackles in 22 games (5.6 avg.) for the Roadrunners … No. 2 outside linebacker and No. 43 overall junior-college prospect in the Class of 2018, according to the 247Sports.com composite index … ESPN ranked him No. 7 among junior-college outside linebackers ... Two letters.
Senior Year (2019): Named to the All-ACC Third Team ... All-ECAC selection ... Recipient of the team’s Duffy Daugherty Award for being the consummate teammate ... Started all 12 games at middle linebacker ... Tied Virginia Tech’s Rayshard Ashby for the ACC lead and ranked 26th nationally in tackles per game (9.2) ... Third in the ACC with 110 total tackles, the highest total in the league for a player who did not have the benefit of playing in a bowl game ... No. 2 in the ACC behind North Carolina’s Chazz Surratt (10.4) with 9.9 tackles per game in conference play ... Led the Orange with 12.5 tackles for loss ... Tied for second on the team in sacks (4.5) ... Tied or led Syracuse outright in tackles six times ... Posted five 10+ tackle games ... In the season opener at Liberty (8/31), made 11 tackles and set career highs for tackles for loss (2.5) and sacks (1.5) in his first Orange start to help Syracuse shut out the Flames, 24-0 ... At Maryland (9/7), logged seven tackles ... Against Clemson (9/14), tallied a team-high eight tackles ... Carded six tackles, including one for a loss, versus Western Michigan (9/21) ... Against Holy Cross (9/28), had seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup ... Made four tackles at NC State (10/10) ... Logged eight tackles versus Pittsburgh (10/18) ... At Florida State (10/26), was credited with a team-best 11 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss ... Collected a personal-best 15 tackles, including one for lost yardage, versus Boston College ... It was the first 15+ tackle game for a Syracuse defender since Zaire Franklin had 17 vs. Wake Forest in 2017 ... At Duke (11/16), posted a game-high 14 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and one sack on his way to earning ACC co-Linebacker of the Week honors ... Had eight tackles, including one for a loss, at Louisville (11/23) ... Credited with 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one forced fumble in the season finale against Wake Forest (11/30).Â
Junior Year (2018): Appeared in seven games and made four tackles ... Tied for second on the Orange with three special teams tackles (all on kickoffs) ... Member of a coverage unit that led the ACC in kickoff return yardage defense (18.3 avg.) ... Made his Syracuse debut in the season opener at Western Michigan (8/31) and had a season-high two tackles ... Credited with one tackle at Boston College (11/24) ... Had one tackle versus West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl.
Sophomore Year (2017 at Butte College): Second on the team with 63 tackles in 11 games, including 3.5 for a loss, and one interception … Made a season-high 10 tackles versus Feather River (10/14) … Carded nine tackles in consecutive games at Siskiyous (10/21) and at Sierra (10/28).
Freshman Year (2016 at Butte College): Played in 11 games … Tied for second on the team with 61 tackles  … Recorded 4.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup … Made at least five tackles in nine out of 11 games … Had a season-high eight tackles versus American River (11/26).
High School: Outside linebacker and running back for head coach John Robak … Member of the 2015 American Football Worldwide (AFW) Elite All-Star team that competed against the Italian U-19 national team in Milan … Totaled 2,150 yards rushing, 39 touchdowns and 259 tackles in his career … As a junior, rushed for 1,120 yards with 20 touchdowns and made 85 tackles on defense … Three-year captain … Team MVP.
Personal: Lakiem Rhealyn Williams … Born in August 1997 in Tacoma, Washington … Son of Larry and Kimberly Williams … Three brothers, one sister … Psychology major.
Senior Year (2019): Named to the All-ACC Third Team ... All-ECAC selection ... Recipient of the team’s Duffy Daugherty Award for being the consummate teammate ... Started all 12 games at middle linebacker ... Tied Virginia Tech’s Rayshard Ashby for the ACC lead and ranked 26th nationally in tackles per game (9.2) ... Third in the ACC with 110 total tackles, the highest total in the league for a player who did not have the benefit of playing in a bowl game ... No. 2 in the ACC behind North Carolina’s Chazz Surratt (10.4) with 9.9 tackles per game in conference play ... Led the Orange with 12.5 tackles for loss ... Tied for second on the team in sacks (4.5) ... Tied or led Syracuse outright in tackles six times ... Posted five 10+ tackle games ... In the season opener at Liberty (8/31), made 11 tackles and set career highs for tackles for loss (2.5) and sacks (1.5) in his first Orange start to help Syracuse shut out the Flames, 24-0 ... At Maryland (9/7), logged seven tackles ... Against Clemson (9/14), tallied a team-high eight tackles ... Carded six tackles, including one for a loss, versus Western Michigan (9/21) ... Against Holy Cross (9/28), had seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup ... Made four tackles at NC State (10/10) ... Logged eight tackles versus Pittsburgh (10/18) ... At Florida State (10/26), was credited with a team-best 11 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss ... Collected a personal-best 15 tackles, including one for lost yardage, versus Boston College ... It was the first 15+ tackle game for a Syracuse defender since Zaire Franklin had 17 vs. Wake Forest in 2017 ... At Duke (11/16), posted a game-high 14 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and one sack on his way to earning ACC co-Linebacker of the Week honors ... Had eight tackles, including one for a loss, at Louisville (11/23) ... Credited with 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one forced fumble in the season finale against Wake Forest (11/30).Â
Junior Year (2018): Appeared in seven games and made four tackles ... Tied for second on the Orange with three special teams tackles (all on kickoffs) ... Member of a coverage unit that led the ACC in kickoff return yardage defense (18.3 avg.) ... Made his Syracuse debut in the season opener at Western Michigan (8/31) and had a season-high two tackles ... Credited with one tackle at Boston College (11/24) ... Had one tackle versus West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl.
Sophomore Year (2017 at Butte College): Second on the team with 63 tackles in 11 games, including 3.5 for a loss, and one interception … Made a season-high 10 tackles versus Feather River (10/14) … Carded nine tackles in consecutive games at Siskiyous (10/21) and at Sierra (10/28).
Freshman Year (2016 at Butte College): Played in 11 games … Tied for second on the team with 61 tackles  … Recorded 4.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup … Made at least five tackles in nine out of 11 games … Had a season-high eight tackles versus American River (11/26).
High School: Outside linebacker and running back for head coach John Robak … Member of the 2015 American Football Worldwide (AFW) Elite All-Star team that competed against the Italian U-19 national team in Milan … Totaled 2,150 yards rushing, 39 touchdowns and 259 tackles in his career … As a junior, rushed for 1,120 yards with 20 touchdowns and made 85 tackles on defense … Three-year captain … Team MVP.
Personal: Lakiem Rhealyn Williams … Born in August 1997 in Tacoma, Washington … Son of Larry and Kimberly Williams … Three brothers, one sister … Psychology major.
Fran Brown Press Conference | Week 3 vs. Colgate
Monday, September 08
Fran Brown Press Conference
Monday, September 08
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Players Postgame vs. UConn
Saturday, September 06
