2021 USC Football Roster
Roster
Chase Williams
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Corona, CA
- High School:
- Roosevelt HS
CAREER: He has 37 tackles, including 2 for losses of 4 yards, and a fumble recovery in his career while appearing in 20 games, with 6 starts.
2021: Williams will compete for a starting safety job as a junior in 2021.
2020: Williams saw action at safety and at special teams as a sophomore in 2020. Overall while appearing in 5 games (all but Oregon) and starting once (versus Washington State), he had 4 tackles and 1 fumble recovery (all against Washington State).
2019: Williams saw key action at safety and nickelback as a redshirt freshman cornerback in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in 11 games (all but UCLA and Iowa) and starting 4 times (Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona State), he had 29 tackles, including 1 for a loss of 2 yards. He suffered a foot injury at California and missed the UCLA game. He missed the Iowa game because he was sick.
He had a tackle against Fresno State, 3 tackles (1 for a loss) against Stanford, 1 tackle each versus BYU and Utah, 4 tackles at Washington, 1 tackle at Notre Dame, 2 tackles against Arizona, 6 tackles at Colorado, 5 tackles against Oregon, 3 tackles at Arizona State and 2 tackles at California.
2018: Williams, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2018 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw action in 4 games (UNLV, Stanford, Colorado, Notre Dame) in the secondary (safety and nickel back) and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2018, allowing him to redshirt. He even started the Notre Dame game at free safety. Overall in 2018, he had 4 tackles, including 1 for a loss of 2 yards (all versus Notre Dame). He hurt his knee at Colorado and was sidelined for the next 4 games (Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State, California).
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2017 PrepStar All-American, All-CIF Division 4 and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area second team as a senior wide receiver and cornerback at Roosevelt High in Eastvale (Calif.). In 2017, he had 50 receptions for 785 yards (15.7 avg) with 12 TDs and 25 tackles with 1 interception.
As a 2016 junior, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior third team, All-CIF Division 5 and Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area second team as he had 42 receptions for 1,007 yards (24.0 avg) with 19 TDs and 37 tackles with 1 interception.
As a 2015 sophomore, he had 34 receptions for 620 yards (18.2 avg) with 6 TDs and 4 tackles.
As a 2014 freshman, he had 3 receptions for 50 yards (16.7 avg).
PERSONAL: He is a business administration major at USC.
