39 Facts About Cadillac Williams

Carnell Lamar "Cadillac" Williams was born on April 21,1982 and is an American football coach and former running back in the National Football League.

In 2005, Cadillac Williams won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

Cadillac Williams attended Auburn University after graduating from Etowah High School in Attalla, Alabama.

In 2003, Cadillac Williams was told that he would share the load at the running back position with Ronnie Brown.

Brown had completed a stellar season the previous year after picking up the starting role when Cadillac Williams went down with a broken ankle.

In 2004, Cadillac Williams decided to return for his senior year at Auburn.

Cadillac Williams went on to earn All-American honors and was named to the All-SEC first-team as both a running back and return specialist.

Cadillac Williams finished the season with 1,718 all-purpose yards, the third highest single-season output in Auburn school history.

Cadillac Williams finished his collegiate career with 3,831 yards on 741 attempts and 45 touchdowns, breaking the all-time Auburn career records of most rushing attempts by Joe Cribbs, and most touchdowns by Bo Jackson, while finishing second in total rushing yards in a career behind Bo Jackson.

Cadillac Williams has the distinction of earning nine SEC Player of the Week honors in his career, the most in conference history.

Cadillac Williams returned to Auburn to finish the final coursework necessary for a sociology degree in December 2014.

Cadillac Williams entered the 2005 NFL Draft and was selected with the fifth pick of the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The first half of the season for Cadillac Williams was an up and down affair.

Cadillac Williams rushed for 434 yards in his first three weeks, setting records as the first rookie running back to ever have three consecutive 100 yard games, and rushing for the most yards in the first three weeks of a career, a record previously held by Alan Ameche of the 1955 Baltimore Colts.

In week four however, Cadillac Williams dealt with injuries to his ankle and arch in his right foot, causing him to miss two weeks.

On January 4,2006, Cadillac Williams was awarded the Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

Cadillac Williams drew 47 votes of a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL.

Cadillac Williams beat former running mate Ronnie Brown of Miami, who received one vote.

On February 2,2006, Cadillac Williams was announced as the NFL Rookie of the Year Award winner based on the votes of over 1,000,000 visitors to NFL.

Cadillac Williams was unable to match the success of his rookie campaign in the 2006 NFL season, as he failed to reach the 1,000 yard mark.

Cadillac Williams's reduced production was attributed to poor offensive line play and an injury that nagged him all year.

In October 2007, Cadillac Williams suffered a torn patellar tendon to his right knee against Carolina, which required surgery and ended his season.

Cadillac Williams said that he had "no doubt" that he would play in 2008.

In mid-season of 2008, Cadillac Williams began practicing with the team and was listed as questionable on the official injury report.

Cadillac Williams played in his first game in 14 months against Detroit.

The second tear was not as severe as the first, but Cadillac Williams again endured surgery and an intense period of rehab to get back on the field.

Cadillac Williams returned to game action during the 2009 preseason and was the Bucs' starting running back to open the regular season, becoming the first NFL player to return from patellar tendon tears in both knees.

Cadillac Williams was narrowly edged for the AP 2009 Comeback Player of the Year Award by Tom Brady, finishing second with 15 votes.

Cadillac Williams rushed for 821 yards on 210 carries with a 3.9 average and four touchdowns.

Cadillac Williams caught 29 passes for 219 yards and 3 touchdowns.

However, due to the emergence of undrafted rookie sensation LeGarrette Blount, Cadillac Williams found himself cemented as primarily the third down running back for the latter half of the 2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season.

Cadillac Williams was used as a passing threat on third down and finished the season with 46 receptions for 355 yards and one touchdown.

Cadillac Williams rushed effectively throughout the season for St Louis, mainly in a backup capacity.

Cadillac Williams finished the year with 361 rushing yards and 4.1 yards per carry.

Cadillac Williams scored one rushing touchdown, in the final game of the season against the San Francisco 49ers.

Cadillac Williams served as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia for the 2016 season.

Cadillac Williams later served as the running backs coach for the newly created IMG White football team at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

In 2018, Cadillac Williams became the running backs coach for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football.

Auburn fired Malzahn after the 2020 season; new head coach Bryan Harsin retained Cadillac Williams as running backs coach.