2018: Third-year starter at middle linebacker ... first team all-SEC ... 116 tackles this season ... 266 career tackles, most on squad ... fourth among Auburn career tacklers since 2000 ... Reese’s Senior Bowl invitation ... Lott Impact Trophy quarterfinalist ... recorded seven tackles, TFL vs. Washington ... eight tackles vs. Alabama State ... career-high 13 tackles, 4 TFL, sack, 2 QB hurries vs. LSU ... five stops vs. Arkansas ... 10 tackles vs. Southern Miss and at Mississippi State ... 10 tackles, TFL against Tennessee ... career-best 13 tackles at Ole Miss ... nine tackles, TFL in Texas A&M win ... led team with 10 tackles, sack, 2.0 TFL at Georgia ... team-best seven tackles vs. Liberty ... led team with nine tackles, sack vs. Purdue ... preseason: Lott, Butkus, Senior Bowl watch lists ... all-SEC: 1st team (Lindy’s); 2nd (Athlon, AL.com, SEC media/coaches); 3rd (Phil Steele)
2017: Second-year starter at middle linebacker … 150 career tackles … four stops at Clemson … 5 tackles, PBU vs. Mercer … 3 tackles at Missouri … team-high 10 tackles vs. Mississippi State … team-best 7 tackles vs. Ole Miss … led team with 7 tackles, sack at LSU … fumble recovery, 4 tackles at Arkansas … TFL, 4 tackles at Texas A&M … sack, 5 tackles vs. Georgia … team-best 9 tackles, 2 TFL, sack vs. ULM … sack, team-high 7 tackles vs. Alabama … 10 tackles, TFL in SEC championship … fumble recovery, 7 tackles vs. UCF in Peach Bowl ... Preseason: 4th team all-SEC (Phil Steele)
2016: Started every game … 63 tackles for the season … earned his first start against Clemson, recording five tackles, two QB hurries … three tackles vs. Arkansas State … leading tackler with six stops, TFL vs. Texas A&M … two tackles, PBU vs. LSU … five tackles against ULM … three tackles at Mississippi State … five tackles, TFL against Arkansas … career-best 10 tackles at Ole Miss … six tackles, TFL, PBU at Georgia … team-best 10 tackles with four TFL at Alabama, the most TFL by an Auburn player since 2009 ... team-best eight tackles against Oklahoma in Sugar Bowl
2015: Redshirt freshman providing depth at linebacker and seeing action on special teams … two tackles, TFL at LSU … two stops at Texas A&M
2014: Redshirted for the Tigers ... Academic Top Tiger
High School: Defender with great fundamentals and instincts for the ball ... missed his senior season with a knee injury ... 138 tackles, 15 TFL, 6 forced fumbles as a junior ... high school coach was Ashley Johnson ... AL.com A-List ... all-state and all-region as a sophomore and junior ... 2012 regional linebacker of the year ... O-D All-American Bowl; invited to 2014 U-19 International Bowl ... also a basketball and baseball letterman ... ESPN No. 14 linebacker ... 247sports No. 21 LB ... Scout No. 43 LB ... PrepStar all-Southeast
Personal: Son of Constance Davis Jefferson and Delmico Williams ... has three siblings: Ray, Darrell and Miracle ... birthday is December 31 ... FCA's 2018 Hard Fighting Soldier ... earned his bachelor’s degree in the College of Liberal Arts in December, 2017