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Jersey Number 99
Raequan Williams
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- DePaul College Prep
Bio
Career Bio (PDF) | Game-by-Game Statistics: 2016 | 2017
CAREER NOTES: Four-year letterwinner started 42 consecutive games at nose tackle to close out his career, the longest starting streak by a position player in the Mark Dantonio era . . . two-time Associated Press All-Big Ten First Team selection (2018, 2019) . . . three-time member of the team’s Eagles leadership council and was voted a captain as a senior in 2019 . . . finished his career with 160 tackles, including 29 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks, in 50 career games, including 42 starts . . . the 29 tackles for loss rank tied for 16th most in MSU history . . . also had eight pass break-ups and three forced fumbles . . . only second player in MSU history to win the team’s Iron Man Award three consecutive seasons . . . graduated with a bachelor’s degree in advertising management in December 2019.
2019 SEASON (SENIOR): Named to the AP All-Big Ten First Team for the second year in a row . . . selected second-team All-Big Ten by the media and third team by the coaches . . . voted one of four team captains . . . recorded a career-high five sacks (31 yards), which tied for second on the team and ranked tied for 18th in the Big Ten . . . also had 48 tackles overall, including 7.5 for losses (39 yards) . . . started all 13 games . . . received the team’s Iron Man Award for the third straight year . . . named MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree and also received the Clarence Underwood Sportsmanship Award . . . closed out his college career with seven tackles, including a half tackle for loss, in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl victory over Wake Forest . . . tallied two tackles with 0.5 sack and TFL in Maryland game, adding one QB hurry . . . posted five stops at Rutgers . . . recorded three tackles with one sack and one TFL at Michigan . . . tallied two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, in Illinois game . . . registered four tackles in Penn State game . . . tallied three tackles at Wisconsin . . . notched career-high eight tackles at Ohio State, good for 12 production points, ranking third among defensive linemen . . . logged five stops with 1.5 TFL and 1.0 sack in Indiana game, adding one QB hurry, registering 20 production points . . . playing near his hometown of Chicago in front of a large number of family and friends, logged two tackles, both TFLs. with one sack at Northwestern . . . tallied 30 production points, leading the defensive linemen and ranking second overall against the Wildcats. . . posted three tackles, including 1.0 sack and TFL in Arizona State game . . . tallied one stop and one QB hurry in Western Michigan contest . . . logged three tackles, including 0.5 sack, and one forced fumble, teaming with Kenny Willekes for a sack and knocking ball loose from Tulsa QB and Willekes pounced on fumble in end zone, ending with 16 production points . . . named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy.
2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): First-team All-Big Ten selection by The Associated Press . . . named third-team All-Big Ten by the Big Ten coaches, media, Athlon Sports and Phil Steele . . . earned MSU Outstanding Underclass Lineman Award for defense . . . recipient of the MSU Iron Man Award for the second year in a row . . . posted a career-best 53 tackles (17 solo, 36 assists), including a career-high 10.5 tackles for loss (35 yards) and 2.0 sacks (13 yards), along with five pass break-ups and one forced fumble, adding three QB hurries . . . ranked second among defensive tackles and fourth overall on defense with 183 production points during the regular season . . . started all 13 games for the second season in a row and played a total of 606 snaps . . . had four tackles, including a half sack (4 yards), against Oregon in the Redbox Bowl . . . registered three tackles in Rutgers game and notched 16 production points . . . logged five tackles, with 0.5 TFL and one pass break-up at Nebraska, registering 23 production points . . . posted six tackles, including one TFL, against Ohio State . . . logged one tackle and one pass break-up at Maryland, registering 11 production points . . . recorded season-high and career-high tying six tackles against Purdue, with 0.5 TFL and one QB hurry, tallying 22 production points, leading defensive line and ranking second on defense overall . . . registered four tackles in Michigan game, logging 1.5 TFL and one forced fumble . . . named to Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week after posting five stops at Penn State, logging 20 production points, leading defensive line and ranking tied for second overall on defense . . . tallied three tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss, one pass break-up and one QB hurry against Northwestern . . . recorded three tackles with one tackle for loss and 0.5 sack against Central Michigan . . . was game day captain at Indiana and posted three stops with one sack, notching 19 production points, which led the defensive tackles and tied for third overall on defense . . . started game at Arizona State and tallied five tackles, highlighted by career-high 2.0 TFLs . . . started opener against Utah State at registered five stops, ranking second on defensive line.
2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media . . . started all 13 games . . . named recipient of the MSU Iron Man Award (strength and conditioning) . . . tallied 31 tackles, including 6.0 tackles for loss (23 yards) and 2.5 sacks (11 yards) . . . set or tied a career high in six of last 10 games played . . . posted two stops with one tackle for loss in Holiday Bowl against No. 18 Washington State . . . registered two tackles, including one sack, at Rutgers . . . recorded two stops at No. 11 Ohio State . . . tallied three tackles with one tackle for loss and 0.5 sack in win over No. 7 Penn State, logging 12 production points . . . posted one stop and one QB hurry at Northwestern . . . logged career-high six tackles against Indiana and added two QB hurries, totaling season-high 25 production points to lead the defensive line unit and rank second on the defense . . . named Spartan Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Hoosiers; also named to Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week . . . had four stops at Minnesota and led defensive tackles with 20 production points . . . posted four tackles against Iowa, including half a tackle for loss and adding a QB hurry . . . logged two tackles, including one tackle for loss, vs. Notre Dame . . . posted three stops against Western Michigan, including one sack . . . logged one QB hurry against Bowling Green.
2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 11 games, including three starts at nose tackle (Rutgers, Ohio State, Penn State), to earn his first letter . . . ranked fourth on the team with five tackles for loss (14 yards) . . . collected 28 tackles overall . . . also had two sacks for 10 yards . . . named MSU’s defensive recipient of the Tommy Love Award (most improved player) . . . honorable mention choice for the BTN.com All-Freshman Team . . . played in the first four games of season before missing BYU game with an injury but returned to action vs. Northwestern . . . started at nose tackle at No. 8 Penn State and posted season-high tying four tackles . . . started against No. 2 Ohio State and played in 66 of the 67 plays, logging three tackles, including one pass break-up and three QB hurries . . . made first career start in Rutgers game, starting at nose tackle and registering two tackles, including a half tackle for loss . . . tallied two tackles vs. No. 2 Michigan . . . had four tackles vs. Northwestern, including 1.5 tackles for loss . . . notched three stops at Indiana with one tackle for loss and one QB hurry . . . had season-best four tackles vs. No. 11 Wisconsin, including a sack and forced fumble that set up MSU’s first field goal . . . notched two tackles at No. 18 Notre Dame, including first career sack in the fourth quarter . . . made Spartan debut vs. Furman, recording three tackles.
2015 SEASON: Redshirted . . . named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week vs. Western Michigan.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation’s Top 300 prospects by Scout.com (No. 159) and 247Sports.com (No. 246) . . . rated among the country’s top defensive tackles by Scout.com (No. 17), 247Sports.com (No. 18) and ESPN.com (No. 38) . . . listed among the Midwest’s top prospects by ESPN.com (No. 39) . . . ranked among the state’s top seniors by 247Sports.com (No. 2), Scout.com (No. 3) and ESPN.com (No. 11) . . . three-year starter and three-time All-Catholic League Red Division selection for Coach Bill Jeske at DePaul College Prep (formerly Gordon Tech) in Chicago, Illinois . . . saw action at defensive tackle, defensive end and right tackle as a senior while helping the Rams to their first winning season since 2005 and a trip to the Prep Bowl playoffs . . . earned first-team all-state honors from the Chicago Tribune and The News-Gazette as a senior . . . named to the Chicago Sun-Times and ChicagoFootball.com’s all-area teams . . . presented the Tony Lawless Award as the Catholic League Red Division Player of the Year in 2014 . . . recorded 74 tackles (53 solos, 21 assists) as a senior, with 22 resulting in losses including eight sacks . . . also credited with nine pass break-ups and three forced fumbles in 2014 . . . also played basketball . . . appointed captain of the Rams’ basketball team as a sophomore . . . son of LaTasha Williams . . . his guardian is MacKenzie Hyde . . . born Feb. 14, 1997 . . . advertising management major.
CAREER NOTES: Four-year letterwinner started 42 consecutive games at nose tackle to close out his career, the longest starting streak by a position player in the Mark Dantonio era . . . two-time Associated Press All-Big Ten First Team selection (2018, 2019) . . . three-time member of the team’s Eagles leadership council and was voted a captain as a senior in 2019 . . . finished his career with 160 tackles, including 29 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks, in 50 career games, including 42 starts . . . the 29 tackles for loss rank tied for 16th most in MSU history . . . also had eight pass break-ups and three forced fumbles . . . only second player in MSU history to win the team’s Iron Man Award three consecutive seasons . . . graduated with a bachelor’s degree in advertising management in December 2019.
2019 SEASON (SENIOR): Named to the AP All-Big Ten First Team for the second year in a row . . . selected second-team All-Big Ten by the media and third team by the coaches . . . voted one of four team captains . . . recorded a career-high five sacks (31 yards), which tied for second on the team and ranked tied for 18th in the Big Ten . . . also had 48 tackles overall, including 7.5 for losses (39 yards) . . . started all 13 games . . . received the team’s Iron Man Award for the third straight year . . . named MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree and also received the Clarence Underwood Sportsmanship Award . . . closed out his college career with seven tackles, including a half tackle for loss, in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl victory over Wake Forest . . . tallied two tackles with 0.5 sack and TFL in Maryland game, adding one QB hurry . . . posted five stops at Rutgers . . . recorded three tackles with one sack and one TFL at Michigan . . . tallied two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, in Illinois game . . . registered four tackles in Penn State game . . . tallied three tackles at Wisconsin . . . notched career-high eight tackles at Ohio State, good for 12 production points, ranking third among defensive linemen . . . logged five stops with 1.5 TFL and 1.0 sack in Indiana game, adding one QB hurry, registering 20 production points . . . playing near his hometown of Chicago in front of a large number of family and friends, logged two tackles, both TFLs. with one sack at Northwestern . . . tallied 30 production points, leading the defensive linemen and ranking second overall against the Wildcats. . . posted three tackles, including 1.0 sack and TFL in Arizona State game . . . tallied one stop and one QB hurry in Western Michigan contest . . . logged three tackles, including 0.5 sack, and one forced fumble, teaming with Kenny Willekes for a sack and knocking ball loose from Tulsa QB and Willekes pounced on fumble in end zone, ending with 16 production points . . . named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy.
2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): First-team All-Big Ten selection by The Associated Press . . . named third-team All-Big Ten by the Big Ten coaches, media, Athlon Sports and Phil Steele . . . earned MSU Outstanding Underclass Lineman Award for defense . . . recipient of the MSU Iron Man Award for the second year in a row . . . posted a career-best 53 tackles (17 solo, 36 assists), including a career-high 10.5 tackles for loss (35 yards) and 2.0 sacks (13 yards), along with five pass break-ups and one forced fumble, adding three QB hurries . . . ranked second among defensive tackles and fourth overall on defense with 183 production points during the regular season . . . started all 13 games for the second season in a row and played a total of 606 snaps . . . had four tackles, including a half sack (4 yards), against Oregon in the Redbox Bowl . . . registered three tackles in Rutgers game and notched 16 production points . . . logged five tackles, with 0.5 TFL and one pass break-up at Nebraska, registering 23 production points . . . posted six tackles, including one TFL, against Ohio State . . . logged one tackle and one pass break-up at Maryland, registering 11 production points . . . recorded season-high and career-high tying six tackles against Purdue, with 0.5 TFL and one QB hurry, tallying 22 production points, leading defensive line and ranking second on defense overall . . . registered four tackles in Michigan game, logging 1.5 TFL and one forced fumble . . . named to Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week after posting five stops at Penn State, logging 20 production points, leading defensive line and ranking tied for second overall on defense . . . tallied three tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss, one pass break-up and one QB hurry against Northwestern . . . recorded three tackles with one tackle for loss and 0.5 sack against Central Michigan . . . was game day captain at Indiana and posted three stops with one sack, notching 19 production points, which led the defensive tackles and tied for third overall on defense . . . started game at Arizona State and tallied five tackles, highlighted by career-high 2.0 TFLs . . . started opener against Utah State at registered five stops, ranking second on defensive line.
2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media . . . started all 13 games . . . named recipient of the MSU Iron Man Award (strength and conditioning) . . . tallied 31 tackles, including 6.0 tackles for loss (23 yards) and 2.5 sacks (11 yards) . . . set or tied a career high in six of last 10 games played . . . posted two stops with one tackle for loss in Holiday Bowl against No. 18 Washington State . . . registered two tackles, including one sack, at Rutgers . . . recorded two stops at No. 11 Ohio State . . . tallied three tackles with one tackle for loss and 0.5 sack in win over No. 7 Penn State, logging 12 production points . . . posted one stop and one QB hurry at Northwestern . . . logged career-high six tackles against Indiana and added two QB hurries, totaling season-high 25 production points to lead the defensive line unit and rank second on the defense . . . named Spartan Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Hoosiers; also named to Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week . . . had four stops at Minnesota and led defensive tackles with 20 production points . . . posted four tackles against Iowa, including half a tackle for loss and adding a QB hurry . . . logged two tackles, including one tackle for loss, vs. Notre Dame . . . posted three stops against Western Michigan, including one sack . . . logged one QB hurry against Bowling Green.
2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 11 games, including three starts at nose tackle (Rutgers, Ohio State, Penn State), to earn his first letter . . . ranked fourth on the team with five tackles for loss (14 yards) . . . collected 28 tackles overall . . . also had two sacks for 10 yards . . . named MSU’s defensive recipient of the Tommy Love Award (most improved player) . . . honorable mention choice for the BTN.com All-Freshman Team . . . played in the first four games of season before missing BYU game with an injury but returned to action vs. Northwestern . . . started at nose tackle at No. 8 Penn State and posted season-high tying four tackles . . . started against No. 2 Ohio State and played in 66 of the 67 plays, logging three tackles, including one pass break-up and three QB hurries . . . made first career start in Rutgers game, starting at nose tackle and registering two tackles, including a half tackle for loss . . . tallied two tackles vs. No. 2 Michigan . . . had four tackles vs. Northwestern, including 1.5 tackles for loss . . . notched three stops at Indiana with one tackle for loss and one QB hurry . . . had season-best four tackles vs. No. 11 Wisconsin, including a sack and forced fumble that set up MSU’s first field goal . . . notched two tackles at No. 18 Notre Dame, including first career sack in the fourth quarter . . . made Spartan debut vs. Furman, recording three tackles.
2015 SEASON: Redshirted . . . named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week vs. Western Michigan.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation’s Top 300 prospects by Scout.com (No. 159) and 247Sports.com (No. 246) . . . rated among the country’s top defensive tackles by Scout.com (No. 17), 247Sports.com (No. 18) and ESPN.com (No. 38) . . . listed among the Midwest’s top prospects by ESPN.com (No. 39) . . . ranked among the state’s top seniors by 247Sports.com (No. 2), Scout.com (No. 3) and ESPN.com (No. 11) . . . three-year starter and three-time All-Catholic League Red Division selection for Coach Bill Jeske at DePaul College Prep (formerly Gordon Tech) in Chicago, Illinois . . . saw action at defensive tackle, defensive end and right tackle as a senior while helping the Rams to their first winning season since 2005 and a trip to the Prep Bowl playoffs . . . earned first-team all-state honors from the Chicago Tribune and The News-Gazette as a senior . . . named to the Chicago Sun-Times and ChicagoFootball.com’s all-area teams . . . presented the Tony Lawless Award as the Catholic League Red Division Player of the Year in 2014 . . . recorded 74 tackles (53 solos, 21 assists) as a senior, with 22 resulting in losses including eight sacks . . . also credited with nine pass break-ups and three forced fumbles in 2014 . . . also played basketball . . . appointed captain of the Rams’ basketball team as a sophomore . . . son of LaTasha Williams . . . his guardian is MacKenzie Hyde . . . born Feb. 14, 1997 . . . advertising management major.
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