Rodney Williams (punter)
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| Position: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Georgia) | ||||||
| College: | Georgia Tech | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1999 / Round: 7 / Pick: 252 | ||||||
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Rodney Colin Williams (born April 25, 1977) is an American former
punter
.
College career
Williams, who played from 1995 to 1998, left
Georgia Tech as the school's career leader in punting average at 41.1 yards a kick. His single-season average of 45.64 yards per punt in 1997 set a school record that stood until Pressley Harvin III broke it in 2020 with an average of 48.0 yards per punt. That same season, he had a school record 553 punting yards against Florida State
. In November 2011, Williams was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Williams was drafted out of Georgia Tech by the
African-American punter in the NFL, and was just the fourth in the league's history. Williams set a team record with a 90-yard punt on Monday Night Football on September 10, 2001 in Denver against the Broncos, a record that stands to date.[2]
Williams officially retired from the NFL in 2007.
References
- ^ "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ Olney, Buster (August 29, 2002). "PRO FOOTBALL; Williams Out, Allen In, as Giant Punter". The New York Times. p. 5. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
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