Frankie Williams (American football)
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Frankie Williams
| image = 37, Frankie Williams, June 22, 2019.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Williams with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2019
| current_team =
| number = 37
| position = Cornerback/Kick returner
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|3|28}}
| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lbs = 190
| high_school = Robinson (Tampa, Florida)
| college = Purdue
| undraftedyear = 2016
| pastteams =
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2016}})
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|2018|2022}})
| status =
| cflstatus = American
| highlights =
- CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|2019}})
- CFL East All-Star ({{CFL Year|2019}})
- 2019 John Agro Special Teams Award award winner
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 1
| pfr = WillFr05
| cfl = frankie-williams/163734/
}}
Frankie Williams (born March 28, 1993) is an American former professional football cornerback and kick returner. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers.
College career
Williams played four seasons at the Purdue University, where he appeared in 48 games (38 starts) and totaled 227 tackles (163 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, 36 passes defensed, 10 interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. He redshirted as a freshman with the Boilermakers in 2011, then in 2012, he participated in all 13 games (five starts) and registered 45 tackles (36 solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, two interceptions and 11 passes defensed. He saw action in all 12 games (11 starts) in 2013 and finished with 61 tackles (46 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions and five passes defensed. In 2014, he started all 11 games he played and earned 74 tackles (51 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one fumble recovery, 10 passes defensed and three interceptions
(one returned for a touchdown). As a redshirt senior in 2015, he appeared in 12 games (11 starts) and compiled 47 tackles (30 solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, half a sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, 10 passes defensed and three interceptions.
=College statistics=
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| rowspan=2|Season
! colspan=6|Tackles ! colspan=5|Interceptions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Total | Loss | Sacks | FF | Int | Yards | Avg | TD | PD |
| 2012
| 36 | 9 | 45 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013
| 46 | 15 | 61 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014
| 51 | 23 | 74 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015
| 30 | 17 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 7 |
| NCAA Career Totals
! 163 | 64 | 227 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 0 | 17 |
Professional career
=Indianapolis Colts=
Williams was signed by the Indianapolis Colts on May 7, 2016 as an undrafted free agent.{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/05/07/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-137/|date=May 7, 2016|access-date=October 15, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com}} He was waived on September 5, 2016 as part of final roster cuts and was signed to the practice squad the next day.{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/09/05/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-164/|date=September 5, 2016|access-date=October 15, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/09/06/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-163/|date=September 6, 2016|access-date=October 15, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was promoted to the active roster on October 13, 2016.{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/10/13/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-168/|date=October 13, 2016|access-date=October 15, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com|archive-date=October 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016215546/http://blogs.colts.com/2016/10/13/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-168/|url-status=dead}} He was released on October 17, 2016 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Waive CB Frankie Williams|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/10/17/indianapolis-colts-waive-cb-frankie-williams/|date=October 17, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com|access-date=October 17, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000826/http://blogs.colts.com/2016/10/17/indianapolis-colts-waive-cb-frankie-williams/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/10/18/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-169/|date=October 18, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com|access-date=October 19, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019154034/http://blogs.colts.com/2016/10/18/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-169/|url-status=dead}} He was promoted to the active roster on November 1, 2016.{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/11/01/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-172/|date=November 1, 2016|website=Blogs.Colts.com|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104013223/http://blogs.colts.com/2016/11/01/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-172/|url-status=dead}} He was placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list on November 23, 2016.{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2016/11/23/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-175/|website=Blogs.Colts.com|date=November 23, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123202642/http://blogs.colts.com/2016/11/23/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-175/|url-status=dead}}
On May 15, 2017, Williams was waived/injured by the Colts and placed on injured reserve.{{cite web|title=Colts Make Several Roster Moves Following Rookie Minicamp|url=http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Colts-Make-Several-Roster-Moves-Following-Rookie-Minicamp/6d6a7d92-ee6e-4147-9318-ffbe596b67ec|author=Bowen, Kevin|website=Colts.com|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519124338/http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Colts-Make-Several-Roster-Moves-Following-Rookie-Minicamp/6d6a7d92-ee6e-4147-9318-ffbe596b67ec|archive-date=May 19, 2017|url-status=dead}} He was waived from injured reserve on May 22, 2017 with an injury settlement.{{cite web|title=Colts Waive DB Frankie Williams From I.R. With Settlement|url=http://nfltraderumors.co/colts-waive-db-frankie-williams-r-settlement/|date=May 22, 2017}}
=Hamilton Tiger-Cats=
On February 6, 2018, Williams signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL.{{cite web|title=Tiger-Cats bolster defence with three free-agent signings|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/tiger-cats-bolster-defence-three-free-agent-signings/|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2018}} He re-signed with the Tiger-Cats on January 30, 2021.{{cite news |title=Tiger-Cats re-sign CFL's 2019 Most Outstanding Special Teams Player Williams |url=https://ticats.ca/article/tiger-cats-re-sign-cfls-2019-most-outstanding-special-teams-player-williams |website=TiCats.ca |date=January 30, 2021 |access-date=February 22, 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.colts.com/team/roster/Frankie-Williams/7c782595-62f0-44b6-9111-bffd4d418027 Indianapolis Colts bio]
- [http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/frankie_williams_762859.html Purdue Boilermakers bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120111655/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/frankie_williams_762859.html |date=2013-01-20 }}
{{John Agro Special Teams Award}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Frankie}}
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Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Category:Indianapolis Colts players
Category:Players of American football from Tampa, Florida