Professional Career
Williams was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round (fifteenth pick overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft, and played for the Seahawks for eight seasons from 1986 to 1993. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1990 and 1991. Williams played his final two seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1994 and 1995, and his last NFL game was Super Bowl XXX in which the Steelers lost to the Dallas Cowboys.
During his ten-year professional career, Williams played in 149 regular season games, started in 135 of them, and had 1,245 carries for 5,005 yards and eighteen rushing touchdowns, and 546 receptions for 4,656 yards and nineteen receiving touchdowns.
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