- Name
- Camren "Cam" Williams
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- ILB, ST
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 231
- Hometown
- West Roxbury, MA
- High School
- Catholic Memorial
- Past Teams
- Ohio State
- Seasons
- 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Major: Communications (2013-15)
Weight: 225 (2015), 231 (2013-14), 225 (2012)
2015 Media Guide: Cam Williams is an impressive and respectful young man who has an incredibly bright future ahead of him after he is through contributing for the Buckeyes … a true senior and a three-year Varsity O letterman, Williams has appeared in 39 Ohio State games as a special teams performer
and reserve linebacker with one start to his credit … he has 28 career tackles … Cam is a fine student-athlete and has earned OSU Scholar-Athlete honors three times and Academic All-Big Ten Conference honors twice … he interned in the summer of 2015 with the Columbus law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease … will graduate in December with his degree in communications.
2014: Williams played in all 15 games for the College Football Playoff national champions … lined up for a career-high 46 plays in the win over Illinois, including 33 snaps on defense … also had 30 plays vs. Rutgers … totaled 10 tackles on the year, including four vs. Illinois.
2014 Media Guide: Cam Williams is a true junior and a two time Varsity O letterwinner who has played in 24 games in his Buckeye career with one start … he has gotten snaps on defense in 12 games and has played a total of 291 snaps as a Buckeye … he enters his junior season with 18 career tackles … Cam is a fine student-athlete and has earned OSU Scholar-Athlete honors twice and Academic All-Big Ten Conference honors once.
2013: Williams played in all 14 games … he made his first career start in place of the injured Curtis Grant at Illinois Nov. 16 and responded with a career-high 10 tackles, including four solo stops … had 88 snaps on defense vs. the Illini … made two tackles in the win over Michigan … he recorded 15 tackles for the season and also had two pass break-ups.
2013 Media Guide: Camren Williams lettered last year as a true freshman on Ohio State’s undefeated team … he played primarily on special teams and had playing time in 10 games, including in the final nine games of the season … played on defense for the first time as a collegian vs. Alabama-Birmingham … played a personal high 15 snaps on defense vs. Nebraska … plays middle linebacker.
2012 Media Guide: Camren Williams is a four-star prospect who was rated the No. 1 player in the Northeast region by SuperPrep … he was also rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 8 inside linebacker in the country by Rivals.com, and a four-star prospect and the No. 16 outside linebacker by Scout.com … he was the No. 1 player in Massachusetts according to Rivals.com and he was on the Rivals 250 list … he was also named a SuperPrep All-American.
High School: Playing for coach Alex Campea, Williams had 119 tackles for a 7-2 Catholic Memorial team as a senior … he was named all-scholastic by the Boston Globe and the defensive player of the year in the Catholic Conference … he played in the inaugural Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl Jan. 3 in Phoenix, Ariz. … he was a member of the National Honor Society and is considering studying kinesiology.
Personal: Williams is in a pre-exercise science academic program at Ohio State … Camren is the son of Jacquelin and Brent Williams … his father had an 11-year NFL career between 1986-96 with three teams – New England, Seattle and the New York Jets … his brother, Brennan, is a senior offensive lineman at the University of North Carolina (2012).
Defensive Stats
Season | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Asst | TFL | TFL Yds | Sacks | Sack Yds | FF | FR | Int | Int Yds | PBU | Blk | Def TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Ohio State | 13 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Ohio State | 11 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | - | 48 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |