Dokie Williams
{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dokie Williams
| image = DokieandI (cropped).jpg
| caption = Williams in 2011
| number = 85
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|25}}
| birth_place = Oceanside, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| high_school = El Camino
(Oceanside, California)
| college = UCLA
| draftyear = 1983
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 138
| pastteams =
- Los Angeles Raiders ({{NFL Year|1983|1987}})
- San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1988}})*
- San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1989}})*
- Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1990}})*
| highlights =
- Super Bowl champion (XVIII)
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 148
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 2,866
| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 25
| pfr = WillDo00
}}
Darryl Eugene "Dokie" Williams (born August 25, 1960) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders from 1983 to 1987.
Early life
At El Camino High School in Oceanside, California, Williams was a top football and track and field athlete. He was the CIF California State Meet champion in the triple jump in 1977. In 1978, he repeated in the triple jump and added the long jump title while also finishing fourth in the 100 yard dash.{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results - 1915 to present |publisher=Hank Lawson |access-date=2012-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}
College career
Williams began his career at UCLA where he was a wide receiver where he lettered in football in all four years. Williams graduated in 1983. He also participated on the track and field team, where he is number two in the triple jump on the team's all-time list behind former world record holder (and Oceanside product) Willie Banks.{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-track/auto_pdf/m-alltime-top10.pdf |title=ALL-TIME TOP-10 |access-date=2012-07-23 |archive-date=2012-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112142609/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-track/auto_pdf/m-alltime-top10.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Professional career
Williams was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders with the 138th pick in the fifth round of the 1983 NFL draft. He played five seasons in the NFL, all of which with the Raiders. Williams won a Super Bowl ring with the Raiders in 1983. After the 1987 season, he requested to be traded.
On April 24, 1988, the Raiders traded Williams and their 1988 second- and fourth-round draft picks to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for the 49ers 1988 first-round selection (No. 26 overall).{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Scott |date=April 26, 2022 |title=What Would a First-Round Trade Cost/Earn the Bucs? |url=https://www.buccaneers.com/news/2022-bucs-nfl-draft-first-round-trade-predictions-scenarios-27th-pick |access-date=December 8, 2023 |website=Tampa Bay Buccaneers |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322093205/https://www.buccaneers.com/news/2022-bucs-nfl-draft-first-round-trade-predictions-scenarios-27th-pick |url-status=live }} He was waived by the 49ers on August 26, 1988.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/w/will08200.html | title=Dokie Williams NFL Transactions | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=15 October 2024}}
He signed with the San Diego Chargers on May 11, 1989. He was released on September 5, 1989.
Williams was signed by the Seattle Seahawks on April 24, 1990 but was later released on August 26, 1990.
Personal life
Williams is now one of the girl's varsity coaches at Escondido High School, along with his older brother Cris Williams.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the Super Bowl |
| Bold
| Career high |
= Regular season =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 1983 | style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| RAI
| 16 || 0 || 14 || 259 || 18.5 || 50 || 3 | ||||||
| 1984 | RAI
| 16 || 2 || 22 || 509 || 23.1 || 75 || 4 | ||||||
| 1985 | RAI
| 16 || 16 || 48 || 925 || 19.3 || 55 || 5 | ||||||
| 1986 | RAI
| 15 || 15 || 43 || 843 || 19.6 || 53 || 8 | ||||||
| 1987 | RAI
| 11 || 5 || 21 || 330 || 15.7 || 33 || 5 | ||||||
| colspan="2"| | 74 | 38 | 148 | 2,866 | 19.4 | 75 | 25 |
= Playoffs =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 1983 | style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| RAI
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||
| 1984 | RAI
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||
| 1985 | RAI
| 1 || 1 || 3 || 33 || 11.0 || 14 || 0 | ||||||
| colspan="2"| | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Super Bowl XVIII}}
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Category:Track and field athletes from California
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