Willie James Williams is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted out of Western Carolina University by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1993 and spent 4 seasons in Pittsburgh. He was a key member of the 1995 Steelers team that played in Super Bowl XXX. From 1997 to 2003, Williams played for the Seattle Seahawks, before returning to the Steelers for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Williams had a much smaller role in 2005, but still posted 10 tackles, adding to his career totals of 602 tackles and 26 interceptions. Williams has the distinction of being the only player from the Steelers 1996 Super Bowl XXX roster to be a member of the Steelers 2006 Super Bowl XL roster. The Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in that game 21-10 (though Williams was not active in Super Bowl XL, and did not dress with pads). He is also the cousin of Tamera Young of the Atlanta Dream (WNBA).
On March 3, 2006, Willams and veteran QB Tommy Maddox, were released as salary cap casualties due to their diminishing abilities. Williams then retired from football.
Pittsburgh Steelers 1993 NFL Draft selections
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- Deon Figures
- Chad Brown
- Andre Hastings
- Kevin Henry
- Lonnie Palelei
- Marc Woodard
- Willie Williams
- Jeff Zgonina
- Craig Keith
- Alex Van Pelt
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- Draft Years
- 1974
- 1976
- 1978
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
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Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL Champions
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- 3 Jeff Reed
- 7 Ben Roethlisberger
- 8 Tommy Maddox
- 11 Quincy Morgan
- 16 Charlie Batch
- 17 Chris Gardocki
- 20 Bryant McFadden
- 21 Ricardo Colclough
- 22 Duce Staley
- 23 Tyrone Carter
- 24 Ike Taylor
- 26 Deshea Townsend
- 27 Willie Williams
- 28 Chris Hope
- 29 Chidi Iwuoma
- 31 Mike Logan
- 33 Russell Stuvaints
- 34 Verron Haynes
- 35 Dan Kreider
- 36 Jerome Bettis
- 38 Noah Herron
- 39 Willie Parker
- 42 John Kuhn
- 43 Troy Polamalu
- 46 Arnold Harrison
- 50 Larry Foote
- 51 James Farrior
- 53 Clark Haggans
- 54 Rian Wallace
- 55 Joey Porter
- 56 Chukky Okobi
- 57 Clint Kriewaldt
- 60 Greg Warren
- 64 Jeff Hartings
- 66 Alan Faneca
- 67 Kimo von Oelhoffen
- 68 Chris Kemoeatu
- 72 Barrett Brooks
- 73 Kendall Simmons
- 76 Chris Hoke
- 77 Marvel Smith
- 78 Max Starks
- 79 Trai Essex
- 80 Cedrick Wilson
- 81 Sean Morey
- 82 Antwaan Randle El
- 83 Heath Miller
- 84 Jerame Tuman
- 85 Nate Washington
- 86 Hines Ward (MVP)
- 88 Matt Kranchick
- 89 Lee Mays
- 90 Travis Kirschke
- 91 Aaron Smith
- 92 James Harrison
- 94 Andre Frazier
- 96 Shaun Nua
- 98 Casey Hampton
- 99 Brett Keisel
- Coaches: Bruce Arians
- Keith Butler
- James Daniel
- Chet Fuhrman
- Russ Grimm
- Dick Hoak
- Ray Horton
- Dick LeBeau
- John Mitchell
- Darren Perry
- Kevin Spencer
- Mark Whipple
- Ken Whisenhunt
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Persondata |
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Williams, Willie |
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Short description |
American football player |
Date of birth |
December 26, 1970 |
Place of birth |
Columbia, South Carolina |
Date of death |
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