Northern Illinois University Athletics

2025

• Team Captain in 2025, starting 10 games in redshirt senior season.
• Finished season with career-high 29 tackles, including one tackle for loss, one pass breakup, fumble recovery and five quarterback hurries.
• Began the year with three tackles against Holy Cross (8-30).
• Against Maryland (9-5), finished with two tackles and one fumble recovery.
• Made four stops vs. San Diego State (9-27).
• Had five tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Eastern Michigan (10-11).
• Recorded a career-high seven tackles at Ohio (10-18).
• Had two tackles against Mississippi State (9-20), Miami (10-4), Ball State (10-25) and Kent State (11-28).
• Finishes career with 29 games played, 22 starts and 61 tackles, six tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.

2024
• Starter at defensive end in all 12 games of the regular season.
• Enjoyed his best season as a Huskie with 28 tackles, 13 solo and 15 assists with 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack. 
• Recovered a fumble in back-to-back games versus UMass (10/5) and at Bowling Green (10/12).
• Recorded a season-high four tackles at NC State (9/28) and at Western Michigan (11/6).
• Four stops at N.C. State included 1.5 tackles for loss. 
• Also posted a tackle for loss in NIU’s win at Western Michigan.
• Made three tackles at Bowling Green with an eight-yard sack and returned a fumble for 17 yards in a dominant defensive performance. 
• Had three solo stops with one for loss versus Toledo (10/19).
• Credited with at least one tackle in every game he played with multiple stops in nine games. 

2023
• Saw his first action of the season versus Eastern Michigan (10-21) after returning from injury.
• Played in five games, including each of the last four contests of the year.
• Finished the season with four tackles and half a sack.
• Combined with Ray Thomas for a sack in the Camellia Bowl game versus Arkansas State (12-23).  
• Recorded single tackles in the Ball State (11-7), Western Michigan (11-14) and Kent State (11-25) games.

2022
•    Played in the Central Michigan (11-2) and Akron (11-26) games in his first action as a Huskie.

2021
•    Did not see any game action while redshirting the season. 

HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-year varsity letterwinner and two-time team captain.
• Named team defensive player of the year in 2018 and 2019.
• First-team all-conference selection (2018 & 2019).
• Amassed 80 career tackles, including a career best 50 stops in 2019.
• Forced five career fumbles, including four in 2019, while recovering five fumbles.
• Set the school for sacks in a season at 12.
• Named to the Honor Roll the last two and a half years.
 
PERSONAL
• Born on April 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Son of Jamakeya Allen and Jarryl Williams.
• Health sciences/pre-physical therapy major.