Doug Williams (quarterback)
Williams in 2015
|
|||||||||||||||
| No. 12, 17 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | August 9, 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Zachary, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Chaneyville High School, Zachary, LA | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Grambling State | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| As executive: | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Pass attempts: | 2,507 |
|---|---|
| Pass completions: | 1,240 |
| Percentage: | 49.5 |
| TD–INT: | 100–93 |
| Passing yards: | 16,998 |
| QB rating: | 69.4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Douglas Lee "Doug" Williams (born August 9, 1955) is a former American football quarterback and former head coach of the Grambling State Tigers football team. Williams is known for his remarkable performance in Super Bowl XXII. Williams, who was named the Super Bowl MVP, passed for a Super Bowl record 340 yards and four touchdowns, with one interception. He also became the first player in Super Bowl history to pass for four touchdowns in a single quarter, and four in a half. Williams was the first African American quarterback to start in an NFL league championship game and the first to win a Super Bowl, in 1988 (Russell Wilson became the second to win in 2014 with Super Bowl XLVIII).
Williams attended Grambling State University, where he played for legendary head coach Eddie Robinson. Williams guided the Tigers to a 36-7 (.837 winning percentage) record as a four-year starter, and led the Tigers to three Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships. Williams was named Black College Player of the Year twice.
In 1977, Williams led the NCAA in several categories, including total yards from scrimmage (3,249), passing yards (3,286), touchdown passes (38), and yards per play (8.6). Williams finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, behind Earl Campbell, Terry Miller, and Ken MacAfee. Williams graduated from Grambling with a degree in education, and began work on a graduate degree before the 1978 NFL Draft.
Despite the success that he enjoyed on the field, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Joe Gibbs was the only NFL coach that visited Grambling to work Williams out and scout him. Gibbs spent two days with the 6-foot-4, 220-pound quarterback, reviewing play books, film, and going through passing drills. Impressed by his poise, work ethic, and studious nature, Gibbs wrote in his scouting report that Williams had "a big-time arm with perfect passing mechanics" and was "a natural leader... very academic and extremely prepared... football smart," and recommended that the Buccaneers select Williams with their first-round draft choice.
...
Wikipedia