DE · Seattle Seahawks · #99

Leonard Williams

LDE1

College: USC
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 310 lb
Experience: 12th season

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Season

Sacks

3.0▼ 4.0 vs '25

18th of 118 DL

Pressures

13▼ 16 vs '25

8th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

4.1%▲ 0.5 vs '25

16th of 118 DL

Run stops

17▼ 19 vs '25

6th of 118 DL

Tackling

19 tkl

7 tfl · 20 stops · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2026 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs NEW	49	69.0	4	4	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 @ ARIW	35	70.0	5	5	2	0	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 @ WASL	56	81.2	2	3	2	1	1.0	3	4	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs LACW	41	57.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 vs SFL	44	73.3	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 @ DENL	50	83.3	5	5	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 7 vs KCW	42	79.2	2	3	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	1
Season	317	73.0	19	20	7	2	3.0	9	13	0	–	–	0	1

How he compares

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Seahawks

$90Mover 3 years

Avg. per year: $30M
Guaranteed: $54M 60%
2026 cap hit: $22M 7.0% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2028

2026 · now

2027

2028

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Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	7	317	73.0	19	20	7	8.3	3.0	9	13	0	–	0	1	0	0
2025	17	812	72.4	61	50	9	10.6	7.0	22	29	3	70.1	0	1	0	0
2024	16	750	69.6	60	53	16	7.4	11.0	28	28	0	–	1	3	0	1
2023	18	884	73.6	58	47	10	7.4	5.5	16	22	3	79.2	0	2	0	0
2022	12	604	75.5	39	37	4	0.0	2.5	12	17	1	118.8	0	0	1	0
2021	17	888	75.9	74	61	3	2.6	6.5	14	22	0	–	0	2	2	0
2020	16	803	73.6	50	47	11	3.8	11.5	30	42	1	87.5	0	1	0	0
2019	15	735	67.6	42	35	1	7.7	0.5	16	23	1	91.7	0	3	1	0
2018	16	866	77.2	40	36	11	22.7	5.0	20	26	0	–	0	2	0	0
2017	16	877	78.5	45	37	3	–	2.0	25	–	–	–	1	1	0	0
2016	16	896	86.5	66	57	11	–	7.0	19	–	–	–	0	0	2	0
2015	16	807	77.0	55	56	6	–	3.0	21	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Career	182	9,239	75.1	609	536	92	7.6	64.5	232	222	9	60.0	2	16	6	1