Quincy Williams
Cleveland BrownsModel Score
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 →
Season Stats · 13 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
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.