Sam Williams
Dallas CowboysModel 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 · 17 games
Draft & College
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
56th overall 2nd-round draft pedigree puts Williams in the structural EDGE rotation class. The 2024 preseason ACL plus the missed full season plus the limited 2025 production put continued durability question on every projection. The 2026 question is whether Williams crosses into tier 6-7 territory post-ACL recovery or whether the structural injury wear closes the chapter.
Williams came out of Ole Miss as the Dallas Cowboys' 2nd-round pick (56th overall) in 2022. He tore his ACL in the 2024 preseason and missed the entire year before returning in 2025.
Strengths
- Ole Miss SEC 2nd-round draft pedigree plus four years of Cowboys system experience gives him real developmental foundation.
- Structural Dallas EDGE rotation reps give him the developmental runway.
Concerns
- 2024 preseason ACL plus the missed full season puts continued durability question on every 2026 projection.
- Dallas's broader defensive identity transition (Micah Parsons trade context) compresses the structural support around Williams.
What to watch: Whether Williams crosses into tier 7 (top 55) in 2026 post-ACL recovery, the threshold for confirming the structural EDGE ceiling holds.