Early years

Williams attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California and played both tailback and safety. He won All-CIF Division I and Del Rey League MVP in his last two seasons of his high school career.

College career

He attended UCLA where he majored in Pre-Psychology. Williams started in three of his four seasons at UCLA. As a junior, started nine games and registered 59 tackles (3rd on the team) and three sacks resulting in All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention. In his senior season, Williams started nine games and recorded two interceptions and nine pass deflections. He also finished second on the team with 68 tackles. Was chosen for the All-Pac-10 Conference First Team.

Professional career

Williams was the 24th pick in 1998 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. In the 1998 and 1999 seasons, he mainly played in the nickel defense and special teams. Williams started every game in the 2000-2002 seasons. In 2003, Williams suffered a season-ending right knee injury in 10th game of the season versus the Philadelphia Eagles. He started two games in the 2004 season before tearing a ligament in his left knee, which forced him to miss the remainder of the season.

In his nine years in the NFL, Williams recorded 335 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 15 interceptions with a total of 130 yards in the returns.

NFL statistics

Year	TEam	Games	Combined Tackles	Tackles	Assisted Tackles	Sacks	Forced Fumbles	Fumble Recoveries	Fumble Return Yards	Interceptions	Interception Return Yards	Yards per Interception Return	Longest Interception Return	Interceptions Returned for Touchdown	Passes Defended
1998	NYG	13	24	19	5	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	3	6	0	3
1999	NYG	11	16	12	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
2000	NYG	16	88	68	20	0.0	0	1	0	3	52	17	40	0	13
2001	NYG	16	95	77	18	1.0	0	0	0	3	25	8	20	0	9
2002	NYG	16	91	66	25	2.0	0	1	0	2	-2	-1	0	0	10
2003	NYG	10	60	46	14	1.5	1	1	0	1	14	14	14	0	5
2004	NYG	2	10	10	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2005	NYG	8	19	17	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	34	17	34	0	2
2006	CAR	12	73	61	12	0.0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	4
Career		104	476	376	100	4.5	3	3	0	15	130	9	40	0	53

Post NFL

Williams is the full-time defensive coordinator at William Paterson University in New Jersey for their football team, the Pioneers, after spending the last four seasons as their part-time assistant coach. Williams announced the New York Giants 33rd overall pick for the 2015 NFL Draft Landon Collins.

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