2023: Started the last 13 games of the season after missing the season opener due to an injury…Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the coaches and third-team All-Pac-12 recognition from Phil Steele's College Football after leading the Ducks with 82 tackles (49 solo) and recording a career-high 4½ sacks (No. 2 on the team and No. 1 among Pac-12 defensive backs)…Added five tackles for a loss, two QB hurries, two fumble recoveries (tied career high), a forced fumble and two passes defensed…Posted multiple tackles in all 13 games played, including eight games with five-plus tackles…Was No. 2 on the team with 744 defensive snaps played…At Texas Tech (Sept. 9): Posted four tackles (all solo) in his Oregon debut…Vs. Colorado (Sept. 23): Recorded 1½ sacks and four tackles (three solo)…At Stanford (Sept. 30): Registered a sack for the second game in a row while finishing with seven total tackles (five solo)…Vs. Washington State (Oct. 21): Finished with a career-high 14 tackles (eight solo), the most by a Duck on the season and the most by an Oregon defender since his brother, S Bennett Williams, recorded 14 against Utah in 2022. Added a sack for the third time in four games…Vs. USC (Nov. 11): Led the team with nine tackles (six solo), a sack, a pass defensed and a forced fumble, and recovered a fumble by RB Austin Jones on a botched exchange to give Oregon the ball at the USC 48 late in the third quarter and set up a drive that resulted in a TD to put the Ducks up, 36-14…Vs. Washington (Dec. 1): Finished with eight tackles (six solo) and two QB hurries in the Pac-12 title game.
2022: Started all 10 games played and finished No. 2 on the team with 66 tackles (54 solo)…Registered a career-best six tackles for a loss, a sack, two QB hurries, four passes defensed and a blocked punt…Earned second-team All-Mountain West honors from the coaches, media and Phil Steele's College Football…Was selected as a permanent team captain by his teammates…Missed four weeks due to an injury suffered at USC (Sept. 17)…Recorded four-plus tackles in every game and a tackle for a loss in seven contests…Ended the season with five consecutive games with at least a shared tackle for a loss…Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors in the fall…Vs. Cal Poly (Sept. 1): Opened the season with eight tackles (six solo) and 1½ tackles for a loss…Vs. Oregon State (Sept. 10): Registered a season-best nine tackles (eight solo), a tackle for a loss and a career-best three passes defensed…Vs. San Diego State (Oct. 24): Notched eight tackles (six solo) and a pass defensed…At UNLV (Nov. 11): Tied his season high with nine tackles (seven solo), including a shared tackle for a loss…Vs. Wyoming (Nov. 26): Finished with six tackles (five solo), a shared tackle for a loss and a blocked punt, marking the Bulldogs' first blocked punt since 2018…Vs. Washington State (Dec. 17): Ended the season with seven tackles (all solo) and his first career sack.
2021: Started all 13 games, recording career highs in tackles (92), solo tackles (59), passes defensed (six), interceptions (three) and fumble recoveries (two)…Also added a forced fumble and 4½ tackles for a loss…Earned first-team All-Mountain West recognition from the coaches, media, Phil Steele's College Football and Pro Football Focus…Led the team in tackles, interceptions and passes defensed…Ranked No. 9 in tackles in the Mountain West…Posted five double-digit-tackle games, the most by a Bulldog defensive back since 2016…Helped the Bulldogs rank tied for No. 20 in the nation in scoring defense (20.5 ppg), highlighted by two shutouts…Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors…At Oregon (Sept. 4): Recorded his first career double-digit-tackle performance with 12 tackles (five solo) and a pass defensed…Vs. Cal Poly (Sept. 11): Finished with five tackles (all solo) and a tackle for a loss, and forced a fumble of QB Spencer Brasch in the backfield and recovered it to give the Bulldogs the ball at the Cal Poly 33 to set up a Fresno State TD…At UCLA (Sept. 24): Registered 12 tackles (six solo)…At Wyoming (Oct. 16): Notched seven tackles (four solo), a shared tackle for a loss and a career-high two INTs. With Wyoming driving early in the second quarter, picked off QB Sean Chambers at the 15 and returned it 14 yards to the Fresno 29. Intercepted Chambers again early in the fourth quarter, returning it to the Wyoming 27 and setting up a drive that resulted in a TD to take a 17-0 lead…At Nevada (Oct. 23): Recorded 10 tackles (eight solo), 1½ tackles for a loss and a fumble recovery at the 50-yard line late in the fourth quarter with the Bulldogs up by eight points…At San Diego State (Oct. 30): Named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week after racking up a season-best 13 tackles (10 solo), a tackle for a loss, an interception and two passes defensed. Picked off QB Lucas Johnson over the middle and returned it a career-long 36 yards to the SDSU 31 to set up a TD drive that gave the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead…Vs. Boise State (Nov. 6): Finished with 10 tackles (eight solo) and two passes defensed.
2020: Started in four games of the pandemic-shortened season while being injured for two contests, recording 27 tackles (21 solo), two passes defensed, a forced fumble, a shared tackle for a loss and a blocked kick…Finished No. 3 on the team in tackles and led the team in tackles in two games…Earned honorable mention All-Mountain West recognition from the coaches and media and fourth-team All-Mountain West honors from Phil Steele's College Football…Was voted a team captain and was named to the Academic All-Mountain West team in the fall…Vs. Colorado State (Oct. 29): Finished with a team-leading and season-best eight tackles (seven solo) and a pass defensed…At UNLV (Nov. 7): Tied his season high with eight tackles (all solo)…At Utah State (Nov. 14): Finished with seven tackles (three solo), a shared tackle for a loss, a forced fumble, a pass defensed and a blocked extra point.
2019: Appeared in all 12 games as a true freshman with five starts…Finished the season with 40 tackles (31 solo), an INT, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and two passes defensed…At USC (Aug. 31): Recorded his first career tackle (solo) in his collegiate debut…At Hawaii (Nov. 2): Earned his first career start and finished with a season-best nine tackles (seven solo) and his first career INT on his way to earning Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week honors. Became the first Fresno State freshman to be named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week and the first to be named a player of the week since 2013…Vs. Utah State (Nov. 9): Recorded a season-high nine tackles (eight solo) for the second consecutive game…Vs. Nevada (Nov. 23): Tied his season best with nine tackles (eight solo) and added his first career forced fumble and a fumble recovery…At San Jose State (Nov. 30): Posted seven tackles (three solo) and a pass defensed.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered two years in football at St. Francis High School (Mountain View, Calif.), where he played cornerback and wide receiver…As a senior, finished with 891 receiving yards and became the school's all-time TD reception leader in a season and career…Selected as the CIF-Central Coast Section All-Around Player of the Year and the West Catholic Athletic League Player of the Year in 2018…Earned first-team All-Nor Cal recognition…As a junior, helped the Lancers to a CIF Division 2-A state title…Also lettered two years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Given name Evan James Williams…Born in Los Gatos, Calif. …Nickname is "E-Dubb"…His brother, Bennett, played safety at Illinois and Oregon, spent the 2023 offseason and training camp with the Miami Dolphins and plays for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League.
