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Demorrio Williams
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<h2 id="college-career">College career</h2> <p>Williams was born in <a href="/facts/Beckville%2c_Texas/4xDlBbdJ">Beckville, Texas</a>. After <a href="/facts/High_school/GjEqd0fa">high school</a>, he signed with rural <a href="/facts/Cisco_Junior_College/nI7WCSnA">Cisco Junior College</a>, but soon left the school. Following a year of <a href="/facts/Oil_field/wYoSQmGN">oil field</a> work, he decided to <a href="/facts/Walk-on_(sports)/X9qQRPGa">walk-on</a> to <a href="/facts/Kilgore_College/ymynbXpN">Kilgore College</a> located in the town of <a href="/facts/Kilgore%2c_Texas/a8nzeCkS">Kilgore, Texas</a>. It was here that Kilgore <a href="/facts/Head_coach/GN2xQv2j">head coach</a> Jimmy Rieves decided to change him from a <a href="/facts/Cornerback/AE6Yog1a">cornerback</a> to a linebacker, and he excelled there. Williams helped lead Kilgore to an undefeated season in 2001, and a #2 national ranking. Prior to entering the NFL, Williams played for the <a href="/facts/University_of_Nebraska/J43EEWSI">University of Nebraska</a>, where he completed his degree in sociology. </p> <h2 id="professional-career">Professional career</h2> <h3>Atlanta Falcons</h3> <p>Williams <a href="/facts/Starting_lineup/EWRAveFh">started</a> all 16 of the Falcons' regular-season games of the <a href="/facts/2005_NFL_season/8KunE4EH">2005 NFL season</a>, recording 132 <a href="/facts/Tackle_(football_move)/Ro1HzFk3">tackles</a>, and ranking second on his team for that statistic. He had a career-high 15 tackles in a December 12, 2005 game against the <a href="/facts/New_Orleans_Saints/Hv2MmurT">New Orleans Saints</a>. </p> <h3>Kansas City Chiefs</h3> <p>On March 1, 2008, Williams signed a five-year contract with the <a href="/facts/Kansas_City_Chiefs/0Bjbyhfn">Kansas City Chiefs</a>. After four seasons with Chiefs, Williams was released on March 6, 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h3>San Diego Chargers</h3> <p>Williams signed a one-year contract with the <a href="/facts/San_Diego_Chargers/xqdDWt7d">San Diego Chargers</a> on March 8, 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="nfl-career-statistics">NFL career statistics</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Legend</th></tr><tr><td></td><td>Led the league</td></tr><tr><td>Bold</td><td>Career high</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Regular season</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th rowspan="2">Team</th><th colspan="2">Games</th><th colspan="5">Tackles</th><th colspan="5">Interceptions</th><th colspan="4">Fumbles</th></tr><tr><th>GP</th><th>GS</th><th>Cmb</th><th>Solo</th><th>Ast</th><th>Sck</th><th>TFL</th><th>Int</th><th>Yds</th><th>TD</th><th>Lng</th><th>PD</th><th>FF</th><th>FR</th><th>Yds</th><th>TD</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2004_NFL_season/vm08Rpbl">2004</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2004_Atlanta_Falcons_season/TEojdcY4">ATL</a></th><td>16</td><td>1</td><td>56</td><td>48</td><td>8</td><td>2.5</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2005_NFL_season/8KunE4EH">2005</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2005_Atlanta_Falcons_season/ARLmoad7">ATL</a></th><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>127</td><td>99</td><td>28</td><td>3.0</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2006_NFL_season/Ke3I0E7o">2006</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2006_Atlanta_Falcons_season/rm9G1b5w">ATL</a></th><td>16</td><td>10</td><td>93</td><td>59</td><td>34</td><td>1.0</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>54</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2007_NFL_season/S6Ho4NFw">2007</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2007_Atlanta_Falcons_season/A1w1yLVy">ATL</a></th><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>78</td><td>63</td><td>15</td><td>0.0</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2008_NFL_season/1p413qVm">2008</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2008_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season/gDAXFgaL">KAN</a></th><td>16</td><td>9</td><td>62</td><td>46</td><td>16</td><td>0.0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2009_NFL_season/t5UTfmrs">2009</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2009_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season/Qbujvhgf">KAN</a></th><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>117</td><td>95</td><td>22</td><td>0.0</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2010_NFL_season/lSzwwVCy">2010</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2010_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season/STH9Uhmz">KAN</a></th><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>19</td><td>17</td><td>2</td><td>1.0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2011_NFL_season/IS7PqVu7">2011</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2011_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season/fIj43zGT">KAN</a></th><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>18</td><td>14</td><td>4</td><td>0.0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2012_NFL_season/HnTl5MRm">2012</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2012_San_Diego_Chargers_season/lIbPFjVr">SDG</a></th><td>14</td><td>3</td><td>50</td><td>39</td><td>11</td><td>0.0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>90</td><td>2</td><td>59</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th>138</th><th>68</th><th>620</th><th>480</th><th>140</th><th>7.5</th><th>38</th><th>7</th><th>108</th><th>2</th><th>59</th><th>19</th><th>6</th><th>4</th><th>54</th><th>1</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Playoffs</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th rowspan="2">Team</th><th colspan="2">Games</th><th colspan="5">Tackles</th><th colspan="5">Interceptions</th><th colspan="4">Fumbles</th></tr><tr><th>GP</th><th>GS</th><th>Cmb</th><th>Solo</th><th>Ast</th><th>Sck</th><th>TFL</th><th>Int</th><th>Yds</th><th>TD</th><th>Lng</th><th>PD</th><th>FF</th><th>FR</th><th>Yds</th><th>TD</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2004_NFL_season/vm08Rpbl">2004</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2004_Atlanta_Falcons_season/TEojdcY4">ATL</a></th><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/2010_NFL_season/lSzwwVCy">2010</a></th><th><a href="/facts/2010_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season/STH9Uhmz">KAN</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th>3</th><th>0</th><th>4</th><th>4</th><th>0</th><th>0.0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th><th>0</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Demorrio Williams. <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050210014152/http://demorriowilliams.com/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080319140851/http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/demorrio_williams/">Kansas City Chiefs bio</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"2004 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023. <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2004/draft.htm" target="_blank">https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2004/draft.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Chiefs part ways with veteran linebacker Demorrio Williams". KCChiefs.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120308101126/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-part-ways-with-veteran-linebacker-Demorrio-Williams/71dc981e-e8c4-4966-9507-d1245ed2f778" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120308101126/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-part-ways-with-veteran-linebacker-Demorrio-Williams/71dc981e-e8c4-4966-9507-d1245ed2f778</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Chargers net ILB Williams". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313003255/http://www.chargers.com/news/article-1/Chargers-net-ILB-Williams/b3d80295-7d34-4ee4-b58b-677405fa82c5" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120313003255/http://www.chargers.com/news/article-1/Chargers-net-ILB-Williams/b3d80295-7d34-4ee4-b58b-677405fa82c5</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>