Roy Williams brings veteran depth and special-teams grit to UAB’s secondary
In the 2025 season, UAB’s Roy Williams was a redshirt senior cornerback at 5-11, 180 pounds who played mostly on special teams and logged 13 tackles with one pass breakup across 11 games and one start, including a four-tackle game at Navy[12]. He’s the kind of steady, local-product defender coaches like because he can fill roles, show up physically, and survive in the grinder minutes that don’t always pop on a stat sheet[12]. The caution flag: his production profile suggests more dependable depth than shutdown-ballhawk upside, and he’s best viewed as a tough, useful fit for teams needing experience and effort on the back end[12][6].
