Honors
- MVFC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2024 (1st team)
- MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2024
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2023, 2024
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
2024
Played in 9 games with 4 starts at cornerback ... Finished season with 35 total tackles, 14 solos and a pair of interceptions ... Ranked 5th in MVFC in interceptions per game (0.2) ... Named MSU Defensive Showtime Award winner for victory at No. 16 Illinois State (10/12/24) after logging 8 total tackles, 3 solos and 2 interceptions (29 yards) ... Was in on 6 stops in home win over Indiana State (10/19/24) with 0.5 tackles for loss ... Produced season-high 4 solo stops and 5 total tackles in home win over Southern Illinois (11/2/24) ... Earned MSU Defensive Scout Team laurels for game at Ball State (9/7/24) ... MVFC Scholar-Athlete first-team selection ... MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll recipient ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024 semester.
2023
Played in 5 games in his first season at Missouri State ... Contributed an assisted tackle in his debut against Utah Tech (9/23/23) in home opener ... Posted 2 solo tackles in win at Western Illinois (10/14/23) ... Recorded 3 assisted tackles and a pass break-up vs. Illinois State (11/4/23) ... Earned MVFC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters.
ULM
Played four seasons (2019-22) at Louisiana-Monroe where he played in 24 games during his tenure with the Warhawks, most recently with coach Terry Bowden ...
2022: Played in 10 games as a junior with 19 total stops, 12 solo tackles and 3 pass break-ups ... Logged season-high 5 tackles vs. Louisiana (9/24/22) with 3 solos .. Broke up a pair of passes and had 3 tackles at Arkansas State (10/1/22) ...
2021: Saw action in 12 games his sophomore year with a dozen solo stops and a pair of PBU's ... Racked up season-high 5 stops at Kentucky (9/4/21) with a forced fumble ... Broke up a pair of passes vs. Jackson State (9/18/21) ... Brought down 4 ball carriers with 3 solos at Coastal Carolina (10/2/21) ... Also had 4 tackles vs. Georgia State (10/9/21) ...
2020: Made college debut at Liberty (10/10/20) and posted a solo tackle ... Also saw action at South Alabama (10/24/20) as a redshirt freshman ...
2019: Redshirted as a true freshman with no game action.
High School
Was a three-year starter for coach Jess Curtis at Many (La.) High School ... Saw action at cornerback and safety while helping the Tigers to 46 wins during his prep career, including three-straight trips to the state semifinals ... Was a two-time first-team all-district selection as a cornerback (2017-18) ... As a senior in 2018, he recorded 52 tackles (40 solos, 12 assists) with 8.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 3 interceptions ... Notched a career-high eight tackles and forced a fumble vs. Union Parish as a senior ... As a junior, he produced 45 stops (33 solos), including 2.0 tackles for loss ... Was also a three-year letterman in basketball.
Personal
Tavier Kendrel Williams was born 9/21/01 in Shreveport, La. ... Son of Tobias and Krisha Williams of Many, La. ... Has three brothers, Tobias, Terrence and Trenton, and a sister, Kierstyn ... Pursuing a postgraduate degree as part of Missouri State’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program.
