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| Position: | Defensive back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 2, 1959 Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 197 lb (89 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Tioga (LA) |
| College: | LSU |
| NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 2 / Pick: 49 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Player stats at PFR | |
Chris Albany Williams (born January 2, 1959) is a former American football player who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a defensive back for the Buffalo Bills for three seasons. He was selected by the Bills in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft. He had three interceptions and a fumble recovery in his professional career, all in 1983, in which he played in all 16 regular season games.[1]
Williams was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and attended Tioga High School in Tioga, Louisiana. He attended college at Louisiana State University, where he was selected as first-team All-Southeastern Conference by the Associated Press in 1980 while playing college football for the LSU Tigers.[2] Chris still holds the all time record for interceptions (20) at LSU as well as ties for the single season record (8 in 1978).[3]
References
- ↑ "Chris Williams NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ↑ "All-SEC Almost All 'Bama". The Evening Independent. December 3, 1979. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ↑ columnist, SCOTT RABALAIS | Sports. "LSU book excerpt: Chris Williams had remarkable career whose records still stand tall". The Advocate. Retrieved 2023-02-19.