Derrick Williams (American football)
Williams during his tenure at Penn State.
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| Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 6, 1986 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Greenbelt (MD) Roosevelt | ||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 3 / Pick: 82 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 9 |
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| Receiving Yards: | 82 |
| Touchdowns: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Derrick Williams (born July 6, 1986) is a former gridiron football wide receiver who played in the NFL and CFL. He was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 18th pick of the 3rd round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He was a wide receiver and 2008 team captain for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Williams was widely regarded as the top high school football prospect of 2005, coming out of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. He received scholarship offers from more than 50 Division I schools. Relentless recruiting forced him to twice change his cell phone number. He was named Rivals.com High School Junior of the Year in 2003, and was ranked as the number one recruit in the nation after his senior year.
Williams initially leaned towards attending the University of Florida, but re-opened his recruitment after the firing of head coach Ron Zook. He strongly considered offers from Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, before announcing live on ESPN that he would attend Penn State. Penn State was coming off four losing seasons in five years, and head coach Joe Paterno was under increasing pressure to retire. Williams relished the challenge of returning the Penn State program to its former stature, saying "I did it because I trusted in [Paterno]. He promised me I could help turn the program around and leave my mark there, which I did."
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