With the No. 119 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Wesley Williams, EDGE defender, Duke.
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Player
Background
- Name: Wesley Williams
- Class: Fourth-year junior
- Age: 21 (turns 22 in September)
- Hometown: Gainesville, VA
- High school: Battlefield
- Recruiting: 3 star
- Consensus ranking: 236
- X: @yvngwesss
Stats
| Tackles | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Solo | Ast | Comb | TFL | Sk | Int | Yds | IntTD | PD | FR | Yds | FRTD | FF | Awards |
| 2022* | Duke | ACC | FR | DE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023* | Duke | ACC | SO | DE | 13 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024* | Duke | ACC | JR | DE | 13 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025* | Duke | ACC | JR | DE | 14 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 41 | 54 | 77 | 131 | 29.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Reports
From Lance Zierlein of NFL.com:
Williams plays every snap with a white-hot motor and intensity that opponents found hard to match in 2025. He’s a natural knee bender, using his leverage to blow up blocks and dart into gaps to disrupt play development in the run game. However, he’s hindered by
a lack of length and explosiveness that will make it much tougher for him to create pressure as a pro.
From Dane Brugler of The Athletic:
Williams is an unselfish, energetic edge defender who plays with quickness and a nose for the football. He projects as a rotational base end who can reduce in subpackages.
From Jacob Bolander of Sports Info Solutions:
Williams is a competitive, rangy EDGE whose non-stop motor and active hands make him an intriguing rotational player at the next level, as a lack of consistent pass rush ability and setting the edge limit his ability to become a starter early on.
From Mark Schofield of SB Nation:
Pressure is production, and Williams can generate pressure on the opposing passer. He can win with power, speed, and technique off the edge. He also posted the ninth-best vertical among defensive ends at the Combine, checking in at 35.5 inches. That speaks to his power and explosiveness off the edge.
Highlights
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