Quincy Williams

Cleveland Browns

Pos LB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

80.8 MODEL

2019

70.6

2021

87.7

2022

77.5

2023

90.7

2024

83.5

2025

73.4

2026

80.8

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

2023 tier 1 (#6) STTM peak as a Murray State FCS 3rd-round pick puts Williams in the rarest outlier-positive LB class. The 68-spot regression from tier 1 (#6) in 2023 to tier 8 (#74) in 2025 confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent. The 2026 question is whether Williams returns to tier 3-4 territory or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.

Williams came out of Murray State (FCS) as the Jacksonville Jaguars' 3rd-round pick (98th overall) in 2019, the brother of Quinnen Williams. He has anchored the New York Jets' linebacker corps across five seasons. His STTM career runs tier 2 (#14) in 2021, tier 8 (#57) in 2022, tier 1 (#6) peak in 2023, tier 4 (#31) in 2024, and tier 8 (#74) collapse in 2025.

Strengths

2023 tier 1 (#6) STTM peak as a Murray State FCS 3rd-round pick plus brother-of-Quinnen-Williams pedigree establishes outlier-positive career résumé.
Seven years of NFL survival across two systems gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

68-spot regression from tier 1 (#6) in 2023 to tier 8 (#74) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
Jets' broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year offensive rebuild compresses the structural support around Williams.

What to watch: Whether Williams returns to tier 4 (top 30) in 2026 with the Jets, the threshold for confirming the 2023 ceiling can be recaptured.