Jesse Williams (American football)
Williams with the Seattle Seahawks in 2015
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| No. -- Free agent | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | 2 November 1990 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Thursday Island, Australia | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 334 lb (151 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Brisbane (QLD) Cavendish Road | ||||||||
| College: | Alabama | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 5 / Pick: 137 | ||||||||
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| Tackles: | 0 |
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| Quarterback sacks: | 0.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Jesse Williams (born 2 November 1990), nicknamed "Tha Monstar", is an Australian defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. Williams played college football for the University of Alabama, where he was a starter on the defensive line for the 2011 and 2012 national championship teams. The Seahawks chose him in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Although he has spent the majority of his career on the injured reserve list, Williams became the first Australian to win a Super Bowl ring as a member of Seattle's 2013 team.
Williams was born on Thursday Island, Queensland, to Indigenous Australian parents, and raised in Brisbane, attending Norman Park State School and Cavendish Road State High School. He grew up playing rugby league and basketball and did not start playing gridiron football until he was 14 years old. He first played football with the Bayside Ravens after he attended one of their practices to watch a friend play quarterback. In his first year as a player, Williams was named Rookie of the Year and made the Queensland Under 19 team that would go on to win Australian National Championships. For his efforts in the 2008 season, he was named Defensive Player of the Year with the Ravens.
Williams was originally recruited by University of Hawaii coaches and offered a scholarship to play for the Hawaii Warriors football team after a Warriors scout saw him play during the Australian National Championships. He verbally committed to play for Hawaii when he was 16 years old; however, the NCAA clearing house said he was missing a mathematics and an English class and would not be able to enroll for the 2009 season. Williams later chose to enroll at Arizona Western College, after coaches saw him play in an exhibition against New Zealand while they were teaching at a football clinic. At the time, Williams was the first Indigenous Australian to receive a scholarship to play college football in the United States. At Western, Williams developed into one of the highest rated recruits out of junior college for the 2011 class. After receiving scholarship offers to play from over 25 schools, Williams enrolled in the University of Alabama for the spring 2011 semester, and began practice with coach Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
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