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Bills' LB Dorian Williams: Buffalo's No.
21 Player Down to Last Chance As the team enjoys its summer break, Bills On SI will unveil its Top 25 Player Rankings (based upon expected impact) for the 2026 season.
Fourth-year LB Dorian Nov 16, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Dorian Williams celebrates recovering a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of the game at Highmark Stadium.
| Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images As the team enjoys its summer break, Bills On SI will unveil its Top 25 Player Rankings for the 2026 season.
Fourth-year LB Dorian Williams enters at No.
21.
Thus, the pressure is on linebacker Dorian Williams, who is entering the final season of his fourth-year rookie contract.
It's been an up-and-down start to his NFL career, but with a solid season, he can prove that he can be here to stay.Shows A gap blitz pre-snap, then BLOWS UP 67 325-pound right tackle Fred Johnson on the stunt so hard Johnson almost sacked Hurts.in 2025, but with the departure of Milano, who played just over half of the team's snaps, Williams could see more playing time.
He tallied 63 tackles in 2025.Another reason Williams' role could be expanded is the Bills' switch from a 4-3 front under Sean McDermott's staff to a 3-4 scheme under new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard.
Even if nickel packages were more common than base packages under McDermott, an opportunity presents itself to Williams - if he can get on the field, that is.'s Alex Brasky noted.
Williams is behind the 8-ball due to an injury that kept him out throughout the start of Buffalo's offseason program, but that hasn't stopped head coach Joe Brady from supporting him."Dorians handling everything the right way and hell ready to go and Im excited for him," Brady said.
Oct 13, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Falcons running back Tyler Allgeier is tackled by Bills linebacker Dorian Williams during the second half of a game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
| Brett Davis-Imagn Images Williams was born on June 28, 2001 in Indian Land, South Carolina, and after attending Indian Land High School, he committed to Tulane.He spent four seasons there, notching 316 tackles, 9.5 sacks and two interceptions.
His biggest collegiate highlight came in his final college game, the 2023 Cotton Bowl.
His 17 tackles helped him win defensive MVP of the game as the Green Wave defeated Caleb Williams, whom Buffalo will face in Week 15 when it plays the Chicago Bears, and USC 46-45.The Bills selected Williams in the third round at No.
91 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, and he broke out in his second season, leading Buffalo with 117 tackles while adding a forced fumble and five tackles for loss.
Williams will be under pressure to adjust to a new scheme quickly, but if he can prove himself, Bills Mafia could feel a sense of relief.Owen Klein has covered football, basketball and baseball for Penn State athletics as a broadcaster on local radio, including producing Penn States 2024 mens basketball Big Ten Tournament games and calling Penn State footballs Whiteout vs.
Washington in November 2024.
He has internships with the Buffalo Bisons and CBS affiliate WIVB in Buffalo, NY, in the summer of 2025.He is a Penn State University broadcast journalism student at the Bellisario College of Communications majoring in broadcast journalism and is passionate about college and professional sports, the Pokemon Video Game Championships and the Buffalo Bills.