Shaun Williams (American football)
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| NFL draft: | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24 | ||||||
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Shaun LeJon Williams (born October 10, 1976 in
safety in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New York Giants. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning second-team All-American
honors in 1997.
Early years
Williams attended
Encino, California and played both tailback
and safety. He won All-CIF Division I and Del Rey League MVP in his last two seasons of his high school career.
College career
He attended the
Pac-10
Honorable Mention. In his senior season, Williams started nine games and recorded two interceptions and nine pass deflections. He also finished second on the team with 68 tackles. Was chosen for the All-Pac-10 Conference First-team.
Professional career
Williams was drafted in the first round with the 24th overall pick in
special teams. Williams started every game in the 2000–2002 seasons. In 2003, Williams suffered a season-ending right knee injury in 10th game of the season versus the Philadelphia Eagles. He started two games in the 2004 season before tearing a ligament
in his left knee, which forced him to miss the remainder of the season.
In his nine years in the NFL, Williams recorded 335 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 15 interceptions with a total of 130 yards in the returns.
NFL statistics
| Year | TEam | Games | Combined Tackles | Tackles | Assisted Tackles | Sacks | Forced Fumbles | Fumble Recoveries | Fumble Return Yards | Interceptions | Interception Return Yards | Yards per Interception Return | Longest Interception Return | Interceptions Returned for Touchdown | Passes Defended |
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| 1998 | NYG | 13 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | NYG | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2000 | NYG | 16 | 88 | 68 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 13 |
| 2001 | NYG | 16 | 95 | 77 | 18 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 2002 | NYG | 16 | 91 | 66 | 25 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2003 | NYG | 10 | 60 | 46 | 14 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | NYG | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | NYG | 8 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | CAR | 12 | 73 | 61 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Career | 104 | 476 | 376 | 100 | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 130 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 53 |
Post NFL
In 2013, Williams became the defensive coordinator at
Pioneers, after spending the preceding four seasons as a part-time assistant coach there.[3] He was promoted to head coach in 2022.[4]
Williams announced the New York Giants 33rd overall pick for the 2015 NFL Draft Landon Collins.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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William Paterson Pioneers (New Jersey Athletic Conference ) (2022–present)
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| 2022 | William Paterson | 5–5 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2023 | William Paterson | 2–8 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2024 | William Paterson | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| William Paterson: | 7–13 | 3–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–13 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Shaun Williams Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Former NFL Player Williams Named Football's Defensive Coordinator". William Paterson University Athletics. 28 March 2013.
- ^ "Shaun Williams - Head Football Coach". William Paterson University Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
See also
- History of the New York Giants (1994-present)