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Accolades at Cal

• Consensus All-American (2024)
• First Team All-American (AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, WCFF( (2024)
• Second Team All-American (AP) (2024)
• First Team All-ACC (2024)
• All-ACC Honorable Mention (AP) (2024) 
• All-Pac-12 Preseason Third Team (Pro Football Focus) (2023)
• All-Pac-12 Preseason Fourth Team (Phil Steele) (2023)
• Named ACC Defensive Back of the Week on Sept. 9 following performance at Auburn.

Senior (2024) 

• Consensus All-American.
• First Team All-ACC.
• All-ACC Honorable Mention AP).
• Played in 13 games and tallied 52 tackles, defended 15 passes, intercepted seven passes, and added a TFL and a forced fumble.
• Led the nation with seven interceptions.
• His seventh interception of the season moved him into a tie for seventh on Cal's all-time single-season list with five others.
• Returned a kickoff 80 yards for a TD in Cal's home opener against UC Davis, in addition to one interception.
• Picked off Auburn's Payton Thorne twice for Williams' ninth and 10th career-interceptions, third of the season and career-best two in a single game.
• Named ACC Defensive Back of the Week on Sept. 9 following performance at Auburn.
• Recorded three solo tackles, one INT and one pass breakup against SDSU.
• Returned an INT 40 yards for a TD against Miami to give him his fourth career TD, all at Cal. 
• Logged his sixth INT of the season at Pitt and 13th of his career.
• Logged six tackles and one pass breakup against NC State. 
• Forced a fumble, had two pass breakups and a QB hurry in addition to posting a Cal-career-high eight tackles against Stanford

Junior (2023)
– One of Cal's three defensive players and seven overall to start all 13 games
– Contributed career highs of 53 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss (-4 yards), a team-high-tying two interceptions, a career-high six pass breakups, a career-high and team-high-tying two fumble recoveries that he returned for a team-high 61 yards and a team-high two defensive touchdowns on a 52-yard return against Washington State and a nine-yard return at Oregon, and one forced fumble, as well as one kick return for 26 yards
– Tied for second in the Pac-12 and tied for 19th nationally in fumble recoveries, and tied for eighth in the Pac-12 in total interceptions
– at North Texas (W, 58-21) – 1 tackle ... Cal debut and first Cal start
– Auburn (L, 10-14) – 3 tackles, 1 interception ... Cal career-high-tying interceptions
– Idaho (W, 31-17) – 3 tackles, 1 interception ... Cal career-high-tying interceptions
– at Washington (L, 32-59) – 3 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards)
– Arizona State (W, 24-21) – 7 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard), 1 pass breakup ... Cal career-high-tying tackles
– Oregon State (L, 40-52) – 4 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (0 yards) 
– at Utah (L, 14-34) – 7 tackles ... Cal career-high-tying tackles
– USC (L, 49-50) – 1 pass breakup; 1 kick return, 26 yards, 26 long; 26 all-purpose yards ... lone Cal career kick return ... Cal career-high kick return yards ... Cal career-long kick return
– at Oregon (L, 19-63) – 5 tackles; 1 fumble recovery (9-yard touchdown return) ... career-high-tying fumble recovery and fumble recovery touchdowns
– Washington State (W, 42-39) – 2 tackles, 1 fumble recovery (52-yard touchdown return) ... second consecutive game with a fumble return for a touchdown (only known Cal player with fumble returns for a touchdown in back-to-back games since Stats Inc. can track dating back to 1996) ... career-high-tying fumble recovery and fumble recovery touchdowns ... career-long fumble return
– at Stanford (W, 27-15) – 5 tackles; 1 forced fumble, 1 pass breakup ... career-high-tying forced fumbles
– at UCLA (W, 33-7) – 7 tackles ... Cal career-high-tying tackles
– vs. Texas Tech - Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (L, 14-34) – 6 tackles
– Named Cal's Jonathan and Judy Huff Football Student Athlete of the Week on Oct. 24
– All-Pac-12 Preseason Third Team (Pro Football Focus) and Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
– Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List

UNLV (2020-22)
– A three-year starter who played in 26 games with 23 starts and contributed 98 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards), five interceptions that he returned for 62 yards, 10 pass breakups, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, while also adding 14 kick returns for 294 yards as well as 11 punt returns for 74 punt return yards for a total of 430 all-purpose yards
– Earned honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference honors from the league and was a second-team All-MWC pick of Mountain Wire after playing in 11 contests as a 2022 junior and registering career highs of 40 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards), three interceptions including a pair that he returned for 62 yards against Utah State that earned him a spot on that week’s Hornung Award Honor Roll, five pass breakups and one forced fumble, as well as a career-high-tying one fumble recovery, while also adding four punt returns that he brought back 28 yards, as well as a career-high 172 kick return yards on a career-high-tying seven kick returns for a total of a career-high 262 all-purpose yards
– Earned All-Mountain West Conference preseason second-team (Athlon) and third-team (Phil Steele) honors prior to his 2022 junior campaign
– Played in 10 contests with eight starts as a 2021 sophomore and contributed 33 tackles as well as one interception and four pass breakups
– Started all five games he played as a 2020 freshman and contributed 25 tackles, one interception, one pass breakup and a career-high-tying one fumble recovery
– Wore No. 2 during his 2021 sophomore and 2022 junior seasons after suiting up in No. 16 as a 2020 freshman
 
UNLV Bio And Stats
unlvrebels.com/sports/football/roster/nohl-williams/15044
*Some Statistics May Be Unavailable, Not Listed Or Not Included
 
Pacifica HS (Class Of 2020)
– A two-way player on offense and defense as well as a punt returner who played in 30 games and totaled 128 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, nine interceptions that he returned for 121 yards and one touchdown, and 35 pass deflections on defense, while adding 28 receptions for 513 yards with six touchdowns, as well one rush for two yards on the offensive side of the ball, and 23 punt returns for 218 yards to total 880 all-purpose yards with everything other than two tackles in one game in his 2016 freshman campaign coming as a 2018 junior and 2019 senior
– Helped his team to its first-ever state and Southern Section titles on the way to a 15-1 overall record including six postseason victories as a 2019 senior that gave them the Division 2-A crown when he registered career highs of 74 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, and seven interceptions that he returned 121 yards and one touchdown, as well as 15 pass deflections to earn his league’s Defensive Back of the Year honors, while adding career highs of 21 receptions, 330 yards receiving and four touchdown receptions, and one rush for two yards on offense, as well as career highs of 12 punt returns and 165 punt return yards for a career-high 618 all-purpose yards
– Recorded 52 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions that he returned 40 yards, as well as a career-high 20 pass deflections on defense, while adding seven receptions, 183 yards receiving and two touchdown catches on offense, as well as 11 punt returns and 53 punt return yards for 262 all-purpose yards as a 2018 junior for a team that finished 11-2 and reached the semifinals of the Southern Section Division 6 playoffs
– Wore No. 3
 
MaxPreps High School Bio And Stats
maxpreps.com/ca/oxnard/pacifica-tritons/athletes/nohl-williams/football/stats/?careerid=t5pj2uf1mqqo8
*Some Statistics May Be Unavailable, Not Listed Or Not Included
 
2020 Recruiting Class Notes And Ratings (As Of December 20, 2022)
Stars: 247Sports Composite (3), ESPN (3), On3 Consensus (3), Rivals (2)
National Overall Player Rankings: On3 Consensus (2052), 247Sports Composite (2208)
National Cornerback Rankings: ESPN (184), 247Sports Composite (206), On3 Consensus (211)
Regional Overall Player Rankings: ESPN (337)
California Overall Player Rankings: On3 Consensus (178), ESPN (190), 247Sports Composite (206)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports Composite (0.8173), On3Consensus (80.15), ESPN (71), Rivals (5.4)
 
Other
– Son of Andrew and Tracye Williams
– American studies major