Domanick Williams

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Domanick Williams
No. 37
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1980-10-01) October 1, 1980 (age 43)
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
High school:Breaux Bridge (LA)
College:LSU
NFL draft:2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 2003
    )
Career NFL statistics
Receiving yards:
1,276
Receiving touchdowns:5
Player stats at NFL.com

Domanick Williams (born Davis; October 1, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for three seasons with the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for four seasons with the LSU Tigers.

Career

Note: during his active playing career, he was known as Domanick Davis.
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split
20-yard shuttle
Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 9 in
(1.75 m)
213 lb
(97 kg)
30 in
(0.76 m)
9 in
(0.23 m)
4.63 s 1.63 s 2.72 s 4.47 s 7.32 s 32+12 in
(0.83 m)
9 ft 4 in
(2.84 m)
22 reps
All values from NFL Combine.[1]

Davis played college football for the LSU Tigers. In his four-year career there, he rushed for 2056 yards and 20 touchdowns,[2] including four touchdowns in the 2002 Sugar Bowl.[3]

Davis was drafted by Houston in the fourth round of the

Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, an award created in 2002, in which fans vote online from a pool of five candidates to determine the winner. He rushed for 1,000+ yards in his first two seasons in the NFL (2003 and 2004) while scoring 22 touchdowns. As a result, he received a contract extension before the start of the 2005 season. Prior to the extension, Davis was scheduled to make $385,000 in 2005. The extension called for a payout of $22 million over the life of the deal, with $8 million in guaranteed money.[5]

In 2005, Davis rushed for 976 yards in the first 11 games before suffering a knee injury and being placed on injured reserve. He did not play during the 2006 season, and was released by the Texans on March 22, 2007.[6]

NFL career statistics

Year Team Games Rushing Receiving Fumbles
GP GS Att Yds Avg Y/G Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Fmb Lost
2003 HOU 14 10 238 1,031 4.3 73.6 51 8 47 351 7.5 17 0 4 2
2004 HOU 15 15 302 1,188 3.9 79.2 44 13 68 588 8.6 38 1 4 2
2005 HOU 11 11 230 976 4.2 88.7 44 2 39 337 8.6 33 4 2 1
Career 40 36 770 3,195 4.1 79.9 51 23 154 1,276 8.3 38 5 10 2

Personal life

He changed his surname from Davis to Williams in late 2006.[7]

(on changing his name from Domanick Davis) “And it will be number 31, Domanick Williams. I just had to make a change. I wasn’t really a Davis the whole time, but I have kids of my own and I needed to do what was right.”

(more on the name change) “I just changed Davis to Williams. I wasn’t really a (Davis). It was my older brother’s Dad’s last name and whatever happened I ended up with Davis. So now that I have kids of my own, a little boy and a little girl, ‘Spike’ (Domanick, Jr.) and Lina, I have to change my name to what it really is, and it’s Williams.”

Source:[8]

References

  1. ^ "Domanick Williams, LSU, RB, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com.
  2. ^ "Domanick Davis College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "2002 Game Recap". allstatesugarbowl.org. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Pasquarelli, Len (August 6, 2005). "Davis gets four-year extension from Houston". ESPN.
  6. ^ "Texans release former No. 1 pick Carr". ESPN. AP. March 23, 2007.
  7. ^ "What's in a name? Plenty". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 2007. pp. 4–8. Retrieved January 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Latest News". houstontexans.com.[dead link]