University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

2026 Football Roster

Ashley Williams Jr. makes a move October 19, 2024 Louisiana @ Coastal Carolina Football in Conway, SC at Brooks Stadium. Final score Louisiana 34 CCU 24. Photo by Benjamin R. Massey/Ragin’ Cajun Athletics
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Williams, Ashley
Jersey Number 2

Ashley Williams

  • Position:
    Outside Linebacker
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-5 / 260
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Zachary, La.
  • High School:
    Zachary
  • Prev School:
    Arizona State
2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played as a reserve defensive end in his first season at Louisiana, playing in all games … recorded 17 tackles on the season with 2.5 stops for loss … tallied four tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss in a road win at Kennesaw State (9/7) … collected three tackles in SBC win over App State (10/12) … posted three stops in regular-season finale at ULM (11/30) and added two tackles with a TFL against TCU (12/28) in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl … posted two tackles against Troy (11/23) and added tackles against Arkansas State (11/9), South Alabama (11/16) and Marshall (12/7).

2023 (Freshman)
Was a redshirt at Arizona State.

High School
Earned first team all-state, all-district and all-metro honors at Zachary High School … Helped ZHS finish the 2022 season as the No. 8-ranked team in the state of Louisiana and made the 2022 LHSAA Division I Non-Select Football Final Four … Helped lead Zachary to the 2021 state championship … Ranked as the No. 24 weakside defensive end and No. 28 overall prospect in Louisiana by Rivals … Ranked by 247 Sports composite metric as the No. 49 edge defender, and No. 22 prospect in Louisiana … On3 Sports consensus metric tabbed him as the No. 43 edge prospect, and the No. 18 player in Louisiana … Listed as the No. 77 defensive end in the 2023 class and No. 21 prospect in the state by ESPN … Named to the second team all-district in 2022 … Plans on majoring in business … Coached by David Brewerton.
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