DeAngelo Chondon Williams was born on April 25,1983 and is an American former football running back in the National Football League.
89 Facts About DeAngelo Williams
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DeAngelo Williams played college football at Memphis, and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
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DeAngelo Williams starred in a dual role in Carolina alongside Jonathan Stewart, until Williams' release in the 2014 offseason.
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DeAngelo Williams then played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2015 to 2016.
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DeAngelo Williams missed most of his sophomore season with a broken bone in his foot.
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DeAngelo Williams had 939 yards rushing in four playoff games, including 26 carries for 302 yards and six touchdowns against Greenwood; in the state championship game against Stuttgart, he rushed for 194 yards on 24 attempts, scoring two rushing touchdowns, one receiving touchdown and one return touchdown.
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DeAngelo Williams was named the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 2001 Offensive Player of the Year and was selected to the Associated Press Arkansas Super Team in 2001.
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DeAngelo Williams still holds the state 4A record in the 100-meter dash with an electronically-timed 10.81 seconds.
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DeAngelo Williams helped lead Wynne to a second-place finish in the 2001 state track championships.
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DeAngelo Williams was rated as the 25th best running back prospect in the nation, the number two overall prospect in the state of Arkansas and was named to the All-America and All-Region Team by SuperPrep.
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DeAngelo Williams was recruited by Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Iowa before deciding on Memphis.
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DeAngelo Williams attended the University of Memphis, where he played for the Memphis Tigers football team.
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DeAngelo Williams played in 10 games as a true freshman.
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DeAngelo Williams led the team with 684 rushing yards, 103 carries and five rushing touchdowns.
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DeAngelo Williams had career highs of 135 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns playing against the Golden Eagles.
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DeAngelo Williams continued to break records the next week, when he broke the school record for attempts in a single season.
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DeAngelo Williams ended the season with over 1,400 rushing yards, the most in school history, and leading the nation in all-purpose yards.
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DeAngelo Williams was named as the 2003 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year.
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DeAngelo Williams's 262 rushing yards was the most by a Tiger for a home game in school history.
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DeAngelo Williams finished his junior year leading the nation with 22 rushing touchdowns and second with 1,948 rushing yards to go along with 18 receptions for 210 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
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DeAngelo Williams scored a total of 138 points, which broke the previous record set by Stephen Gostkowski in 2003, and 23 total touchdowns, breaking the previous mark of 14 by Dave Casinelli in 1963.
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DeAngelo Williams would hold these records until 2018, when Darrell Henderson broke them.
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In three separate games, DeAngelo Williams scored 24 total points, which remains a school record to this day albeit tied with four other players.
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DeAngelo Williams was named to the 2004 Pro Football Weekly All-America Team.
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DeAngelo Williams earned the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Year Award.
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DeAngelo Williams was named by the Touchdown Club of Columbus as a "Player to Watch" in 2005.
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DeAngelo Williams followed that up with 33 carries for 198 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in a road win over Houston.
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DeAngelo Williams's 39 carries were the second-most for a single game in school history.
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DeAngelo Williams's performance made him the top ground-gainer in college football in 2005.
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DeAngelo Williams was an All-America selection by the American Football Coaches Association and the Walter Camp Foundation.
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DeAngelo Williams earned the Amateur Athlete of the Year Award at the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
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DeAngelo Williams was a finalist for the 2005 Doak Walker Award, which was awarded to Reggie Bush.
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DeAngelo Williams came in seventh overall in the Heisman Trophy voting.
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In 2005, DeAngelo Williams was named the inaugural winner of the ARA Sportsmanship Award, presented by the Awards and Recognition Association to the Division I football player who best exhibits sportsmanship both on and off the field.
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DeAngelo Williams finished his collegiate career with 6,026 rushing yards, more than double of second place Dave Casinelli, who had 2,636.
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DeAngelo Williams was the only player in school history to have ten 100-yard games in a single season, a feat he accomplished in three separate seasons.
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DeAngelo Williams holds the Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association record for 100-yard rushing games and All-purpose yards.
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In January, DeAngelo Williams attended the 2006 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, an annual event in which college seniors and professional prospects are evaluated by NFL personnel in preparation for the NFL Draft.
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DeAngelo Williams's height was officially measured at 5'9, which led some scouts to question his potential as an undersized back in the NFL.
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However, scouting reports soon placed him among the most impressive performers during the practice week leading up to the Bowl, and DeAngelo Williams punctuated the week with a strong, if brief, showing in the game itself, rushing for 31 yards on three carries and catching two passes for 28 yards.
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DeAngelo Williams ran his 40-yard dash in 4.40 seconds with the wind and 4.48 seconds against the wind.
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DeAngelo Williams impressed in the short shuttle, the three-cone drill, and the long shuttle.
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DeAngelo Williams joined Reggie Bush, LenDale White, Laurence Maroney, and Joseph Addai, among others, in a promising draft class at running back.
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DeAngelo Williams became the highest drafted player out of the Memphis Tigers program since Bob Rush went 24th overall in 1977.
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DeAngelo Williams played in the first five games of the 2006 season and looked promising as an alternative to DeShaun Foster in the Carolina backfield, compiling an average of 5.3 yards per carry.
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DeAngelo Williams missed Weeks 6 through 8 with a sprained ankle.
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The 35-yard reception from quarterback Jake Delhomme was DeAngelo Williams's first receiving touchdown as a professional.
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DeAngelo Williams appeared in 13 games, of which he started two.
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DeAngelo Williams had his first 100-yard game of the season in Week 6 against the Arizona Cardinals with 10 carries for 121 rushing yards.
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DeAngelo Williams finished the season with 144 carries for 717 rushing yards and led the team with four rushing touchdowns.
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DeAngelo Williams finished ninth in the NFL in yards per carry.
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DeAngelo Williams established himself as the starting running back for the Panthers prior to the 2008 season.
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In Week 14, DeAngelo Williams was selected FedEx Ground Player-of-the-Week after a dominating performance in which he rushed for 186 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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DeAngelo Williams earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his effort against the Buccaneers.
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DeAngelo Williams started all 16 games and finished the season with 273 carries for 1,515 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns, to go along with 22 catches for 121 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
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DeAngelo Williams credited much of his 2008 success to a discussion with Vinny Testaverde and improved pre-game preparation.
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DeAngelo Williams made his playoff debut against the Arizona Cardinals in the Divisional Round.
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DeAngelo Williams started the 2009 season averaging 55 yards per game in the first four games.
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In Week 7, DeAngelo Williams recorded a 77-yard run against the Arizona Cardinals for the longest rushing play in franchise history, breaking his own mark set in 2007.
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DeAngelo Williams would hold this mark until Christian McCaffrey recorded an 84-yard run in 2019.
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DeAngelo Williams finished the game with two carries for six yards and a touchdown, as well as a 15-yard reception.
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On October 24,2010, DeAngelo Williams injured his right foot during the Panthers' home win against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 7.
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DeAngelo Williams did not play again before being placed on injured reserve on November 17,2010, with what was announced to be a mid-foot sprain.
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DeAngelo Williams finished the year with 361 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown on 87 rushes to go along with 11 receptions for 61 receiving yards.
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On July 27,2011, DeAngelo Williams signed a five-year, $43 million contract extension to stay with the Panthers.
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DeAngelo Williams helped the trio finish third in the league in total rushing yards with 2,408.
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DeAngelo Williams finished the season with 155 carries for 836 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns to go along with 16 receptions for 135 receiving yards.
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The signing meant that DeAngelo Williams's carries would be split further with Stewart, Newton, and Tolbert.
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DeAngelo Williams scored five rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns.
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DeAngelo Williams scored three rushing touchdowns, his fewest since his injury plagued season in 2010, and one receiving touchdown.
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DeAngelo Williams missed the second and third games of the season against the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers respectively, because of a hamstring injury that he suffered during a practice in between the first two games of the season.
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Coach Ron Rivera has said that DeAngelo Williams would be able to return for Week 9 against the New Orleans Saints.
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DeAngelo Williams missed a Week 14 victory over the New Orleans Saints due to his hand injury.
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DeAngelo Williams was listed as doubtful for Week 15 against Tampa Bay.
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DeAngelo Williams was held without a touchdown for the first time in his professional career.
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On March 13,2015, DeAngelo Williams signed a two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Already without Bell, in Week 17 on the road against the Cleveland Browns, DeAngelo Williams suffered an ankle injury and did not return.
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DeAngelo Williams finished the 2015 regular season with 200 carries for 907 rushing yards and tied with Devonta Freeman, Jeremy Hill, and Adrian Peterson for the league-lead with 11 rushing touchdowns.
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DeAngelo Williams was again called upon to serve as the Steelers lead running back after another Le'Veon Bell suspension, this time for the first three games of the season.
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DeAngelo Williams's production dipped later on the season and he finished with 343 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns.
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DeAngelo Williams appeared on the April 2,2017, episode of Impact Wrestling, alongside former NFL tight end Gary Barnidge, to save Moose from an attack.
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Bryan Alvarez stated that DeAngelo Williams was "pretty damn amazing in his first-ever match".
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Meltzer later stated that DeAngelo Williams had the best in-ring performance by a celebrity in wrestling history.
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DeAngelo Williams announced his retirement from wrestling on July 5,2017.
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On July 2,2018, DeAngelo Williams announced he would return to wrestling and wrestle again for Impact.
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DeAngelo Williams began a storyline with Austin Aries, but did not appear since after one episode.
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DeAngelo Williams was born on April 25,1983, to his mother Sandra Hill.
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DeAngelo Williams's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.
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DeAngelo Williams competed on the 32nd season of The Amazing Race with Gary Barnidge and finished in fourth place.