David Williams (offensive lineman)
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Mulberry, Florida, U.S.
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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | June 21, 1966 Mulberry, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 294 lb (133 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Lakeland (FL) | ||||||||
| College | Florida | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1989: 1st round, 23rd overall pick | ||||||||
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David Wayne Williams (born June 21, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Williams played college football for the University of Florida. He was a first-round pick in the 1989 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Houston Oilers and the New York Jets of the NFL.
Williams was born in Mulberry, Florida in 1966.[1] He attended Lakeland High School in Lakeland, Florida,[2] where he was an offensive lineman for the Lakeland Dreadnaughts high school football team.[3] While he played for the Dreadnaughts, the team won a district championship in 1983, and regional championships in 1982 and 1984. He and was named a Parade magazine and USA Today All-American after his senior season.[4]
Williams was inducted into the Lakeland High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.[3] In 2007, twenty-two years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized Williams as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.[4]
College career
After graduating from high school, Williams accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators football team from 1985 to 1988.[5] As a freshman starter, he was a member of the Gators' 1985 team that finished with an overall win–loss record of 9–1–1 and a best-in-the-conference record of 5–1. Williams started every game during his four-year college career.[3] He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1988, a second-team All-American in 1987 and 1988, and a team captain in 1988.[5] Williams was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1999.[6][7] In one of a series of articles published by The Gainesville Sun in 2006, the Sun sports editors ranked him as the No. 27 all-time greatest Gator from the first century of Florida football.[8]
