Roland Williams
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| Position: | Tight End | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 27, 1975 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Rochester, New York | ||||||||
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| College: | Syracuse | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1998 / Round: 4 / Pick: 98 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 114 |
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| Receiving Yards: | 1,004 |
| Total Touchdowns: | 13 |
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Roland Lamar Williams (born April 27, 1975), is a retired American football tight end from Syracuse University. Roland Williams has overcome incredible odds to achieve extraordinary success on the football field and off. Born in Rochester, NY, Roland grew up in a challenging neighborhood surrounded by poverty, gangs and drugs. Determined to overcome his surroundings, Roland attended Syracuse University and became the first person in his immediate family to graduate from a four-year college.
Roland Williams was selected in the 1998 National Football League Draft and excelled during his 8-year football career at the Tight End position. Highlights included the St. Louis Rams’ 1998 Rookie of the Year award, the 2003 American Football Conference Championship, and most notably, the 1999 St. Louis Rams' Super Bowl 34 Championship, where Roland scored 7 touchdowns and was a key part of the legendary “Greatest Show On Turf” offensive unit featuring Quarterback Kurt Warner and Running Back Marshall Faulk.
Following his Super Bowl victory, Roland played three years for the Oakland Raiders, where he won the American Football Conference Championship. In 2003, Roland played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In unique fashion, Roland returned to play another season with the Oakland Raiders and then the subsequent season with the St. Louis Rams before a career ending knee injury sidelined him in 2006. Known throughout his career as a premier blocking tight end in the NFL, it's Roland’s persona that has labeled him as one of the most positive and energetic athletes in professional sports.
Roland has received numerous awards during his career including the prestigious NFL Unsung Hero Award, 2-time Oakland Raiders Man of the Year Award, the Press Radio Club Pro Athlete of the Year Award, and a multi-year finalist for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for philanthropy and citizenship. In 2015, Roland started the Champion Academy Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Initiative, the largest mentoring program in the history of his hometown of Rochester, NY to help hundreds of at-risk middle and high school students improve as students and citizens
In retirement, Roland has continued his winning ways as a television/radio sports analyst, and internationally recognized Team Building and Performance Expert, an entrepreneur and celebrity keynote speaker. As a sports analyst for more than a decade, Roland has appeared on media outlets including CBS Sports Network, ESPN, MTV, NBC, NBC Sports Network, Nickelodeon, NFL Network, CNBC, Fox, Fox Sports Net, CBS, ABC and many other television, radio, online and print publications. In 2008, he coached a studious high school student aiming to become a football player on the MTV show "Made."
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