CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2021 All-American Second Team (Walter Camp)  • 2021 All-American Third Team (Associated Press)  • 2021 All-SEC First Team (Coaches)  • 2021 Butkus Award Watch List  • 2021 Butkus Award Watch List  • 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List  • 2021 Preseason All-SEC Fourth Team (Phil Steele, Athlon)  • 2020 Preseason All-SEC third team (Lindy’s, Phil Steele)

2021 (SENIOR): All-America second team (Sporting News, Walter Camp) … All-America third team (Associated Press) … All-America fourth team (Phil Steele) … Named a first team All-SEC selection … Butkus Award Watch List … Ted Hendricks Award Watch List … Exercised additional year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic … Tied the school record with 10.5 sacks … His 57 total tackles were the most by a Rebel defensive lineman since 2018 … Ranked No. 10 nationally with four forced fumbles … Led the Rebels in both tackles for loss (14.0) … Invited to the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine … vs. Louisville (9/6/21): Recorded one sack and four tackles in the victory ... vs. Austin Peay (9/11/21): Forced two fumbles, returning one of them 33-yards for a touchdown ... Finished with five tackles, including two sacks ... Received a 93.2 grade from PFF ... vs. Tulane (9/18/21): Notched two tackles, including one sack, a pass break up and a quarterback hurry ... at #1 Alabama (10/2/21): Totaled six tackles, including one sack, and added a quarterback hurry ... vs. #13 Arkansas (10/9/21): Notched one tackle in the victory ... at Tennessee (10/16/21): Tallied seven tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... vs. LSU (10/23/21): Forced a fumble, notched a quarterback hurry and totaled four tackles and one sack in the win ... at #18 Auburn (10/30/21): Recorded five tackles, including a 14-yard sack, and a quarterback hurry ... vs. Liberty (11/6/21): Broke the single-season sack record, notching 2.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, quarterback hurry and eight tackles ... Also helped the Ole Miss defense tally nine sacks, the third-most team sacks in a single game in program history ... vs. #11 Texas A&M (11/13/21): Finished fourth on the team with six totale tackles, including one tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry ... vs. Vanderbilt (11/20/21): Totaled three tackles and two quarterback hurries ... at Mississippi State (11/25/21): Earned SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors after tallying five tackles, including a pair of sacks in the Egg Bowl victory … vs. #7 Baylor (1/1/22): Tallied one tackle for loss in bowl game vs. the Bears … Preseason All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele, Athlon) ... Member of the 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl Top 250 list.

2020 (SENIOR*): Appeared in 10 games with six starts on the defensive line ... Recorded 40 tackles with a team-high 8.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks ... vs. #5 Florida (9/26/20): Saw action as a reserve outside linebacker ... Tallied three total tackles including one sack ... at Kentucky (10/3/20): Played as a reserve outside linebacker and recorded four tackles ... vs. #2 Alabama (10/10/20): Appeared as a reserve linebacker on 27 snaps ... Made five tackles, including two for a loss and a sack ... at Arkansas (10/17/20): Recorded his first start of the season, lining up at buck linebacker ... Recorded three tackles and a quarterback hurry ... vs. Auburn (10/24/20): Started at buck linebacker and tallied a career-high 11 tackles, including three tackles for a loss and a sack ... at Vanderbilt (10/31/20): Started at buck linebacker, recording two tackles and a quarterback pressure ... vs. South Carolina (11/14/20): Played 47 snaps as the starting buck linebacker and recorded a quarterback pressure ... vs. Mississippi State (11/28/20): Appeared as a reserve outside linebacker on 49 snaps, totaling two tackles in the Egg Bowl victory ... at LSU (12/19/20): Started at defensive end and recorded seven tackles, including a three-yard sack ... vs. #7 Indiana (1/2/21): Registered three total tackles, including a 12-yard tackle for loss, in the Outback Bowl win ... Preseason All-SEC third team (Lindy’s, Phil Steele).

2019 (JUNIOR): Registered eight starts at outside linebacker in 12 games played ... Tallied 37 total tackles on the season ... Led the team with six sacks ... Finished season with 9.5 tackles for loss and five quarterback hurries ... at Memphis (8/31/19): Forced one fumble and tallied two tackles in first career start as a Rebel ... vs. Arkansas (9/7/19): Recorded first career sack and 1.5 TFL in 31-17 victory ... Helped the defense allow the fewest yards since Sept. 9, 2017 with 361 ... vs. Southeastern Louisiana (9/14/19): Made two tackles in 40-29 win ... Helped defense hold opponent to under 100 yards rushing (66) for the second straight game for the first time since 2015 ... vs. #23 Cal (9/21/19): Tied career high with seven tackles, including one sack and added two QB hurries ... Key in holding opponent rushers to under 100 yards (60) for the third straight game, the first time since 2008 ... at #2 Alabama (9/28/19): Recorded one tackle for a loss again Crimson Tide ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/5/19): Recorded two tackles and one QB hurry in 31-6 triumph ... at Missouri (10/12/19):  Pulled down first career INT and notched four tackles with one sack ... vs. Texas A&M (10/19/19):  Registered five tackles, including a career high in both TFLs (1.5) and sacks (1.5) ... Added two quarterback hurries ... at #11 Auburn (11/2/19): Notched three tackles against the Tigers ... vs. New Mexico State (11/9/19): Registered a tackle in 41-3 victory ... vs. #1 LSU (11/16/19): Totaled three tackles, including a shared sack ... at Mississippi State (11/28/19): Tallied six tackles, including a career-best 3.0 TFL as a Rebel as well as a sack ... Enrolled early and participated in spring drills ... Member of the 2019 signing class ... Enrolled early and participated in spring drills.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Unanimous 4-star prospect according to Rivals, 247Sports, 247Sports Composite and ESPN ... No. 7 JUCO prospect in the nation and No. 3 weak-side defensive end (247Sports Composite) ... Was named a first team NJCAA All-American following his sophomore campaign at Northeast Mississippi ...Region 23 Defensive Player of the Year ... MACJC Defensive Lineman of the Year ... Totaled 75 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and four pass breakups as a sophomore (2018) ... Notched 53 tackles, 11 TFL, 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a freshman (2017) ... Coached by Greg Davis.

HIGH SCHOOL: Signed with Northeast Mississippi CC after high school career at Robert E. Lee ... Coached by Tyrone Rogers.

PERSONAL: Son of Tiffani Cain ... Full name is Samuel Degarrick Williams ... Born March 31, 1999 ... Graduated in May with a bachelor’s in multi-disciplinary studies.