Jerrol Garcia-Williams
{{Short description|American football player (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jerrol Garcia-Williams
| image = Jerrol Garcia-Williams.JPG
| caption = Garcia-Williams with the Broncos in 2017
| number = 41, 52
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|24}}
| birth_place = Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 235
| high_school = Palo Verde
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
| college = Hawaii
| undraftedyear = 2017
| pastteams = * Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2017}}–{{NFL Year|2018}})
| statweek =
| statseason =
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 2
| highlights =
| pfr = GarcJe01
}}
Jerrol Garcia-Williams (born December 24, 1993) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Hawaii.
Early life
Garcia-Williams attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, finishing with 84 tackles, seven sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior.
College career
Garcia-Williams appeared in 45 games (26 starts) at the University of Hawaii, totaling 222 tackles (148 solo), 3.5 sacks, one pass defensed and three fumble recoveries. He saw action in 10 games (3 starts) as a redshirt senior, posting 31 tackles (24 solo). He started 9-of-10 games played as a junior, finishing second on the team with 89 tackles (55 solo) in addition to recording 1.5 sacks. Garcia-Williams started the first two games of the season in 2014 before suffering a season-ending knee injury and earning a medical redshirt.http://files.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/Images/email_blast/2018_Denver_Broncos_Media_Guide_a.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216001512/http://files.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/Images/email_blast/2018_Denver_Broncos_Media_Guide_a.pdf |date=December 16, 2019 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
Professional career
Garcia-Williams signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017.{{cite web|title=Broncos announce college free-agent signings|url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-announce-college-free-agent-signings-18855814|author=Mason, Andrew|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=May 13, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2017}} He was waived by the Broncos on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.{{cite web|title=Broncos trim roster at deadline|url=http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-trim-roster-at-deadline/234c49ac-2b09-496b-9175-b8fdc28f39dd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130182211/http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-trim-roster-at-deadline/234c49ac-2b09-496b-9175-b8fdc28f39dd|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 30, 2017|author=Mason, Andrew|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=September 2, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Broncos announce initial practice-squad roster|url=http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-announce-initial-practice-squad-roster/a612ad8b-44a1-49b7-801a-a4ee46bb39bb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210213128/http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-announce-initial-practice-squad-roster/a612ad8b-44a1-49b7-801a-a4ee46bb39bb|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2018|author=DiLalla, Aric|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=September 4, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2017}} He was promoted to the active roster on October 21, 2017.{{cite web|title=Broncos make slew of roster moves ahead of Sunday's game vs. Chargers|url=http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-make-slew-of-roster-moves-ahead-of-Sundays-game-vs-Chargers/74d2b108-3a45-492d-a979-21ef39449e2b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306072542/http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-make-slew-of-roster-moves-ahead-of-Sundays-game-vs-Chargers/74d2b108-3a45-492d-a979-21ef39449e2b|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2018|author=DiLalla, Aric|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=October 21, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2017}} He appeared in 11 games, posting one solo tackle and one special-teams stop.
On March 13, 2018, Garcia-Williams was tendered by the Broncos.{{Cite news|url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-place-second-round-tenders-on-rfas-shaquil-barrett-matt-paradis-20445317|title=Broncos place second-round tenders on RFAs Shaquil Barrett, Matt Paradis; tender seven ERFAs|last=DiLalla|first=Aric|date=March 13, 2018|work=DenverBroncos.com}} On April 23, he signed the exclusive rights tender.{{Cite news|url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/shaquil-barrett-signs-restricted-free-agent-tender-garcia-williams-sign-20573104|title=Shaquil Barrett signs restricted free agent tender, Garcia-Williams signs ERFA tender|last=DiLalla|first=Aric|date=April 23, 2018|work=DenverBroncos.com}} On August 28, 2018, he suffered a torn ACL on the practice field and was ruled out for the season.{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Tim |date=2018-08-29 |title=Broncos' Jerrol Garcia-Williams out for year with torn ACL |url=https://www.milehighreport.com/2018/8/29/17795614/broncos-jerrol-garcia-williams-injury |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Mile High Report |language=en}} He was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2018.{{cite web|title=Broncos trim roster to 53 players|url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-trim-roster-to-53-players|author=DiLalla, Aric|website=DenverBroncos.com|date=September 1, 2018}} On March 7, 2019, The Broncos decided not tender linebacker Jerrol Garcia-Williams.{{cite web|title=Broncos tender four but not Jerrol Garcia-Williams|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/07/broncos-tender-four-but-not-jerrol-garcia-williams/|author=Williams, Charean|website=profootballtalk.nbcsports.com|date=March 7, 2019}}
Personal
His father, Jerrol Williams, was an NFL linebacker with Pittsburgh (1989–92), San Diego (1993), Kansas City (1994) and Baltimore (1996).
References
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External links
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- [http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=14465 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors bio]
- [http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/roster/Jerrol-Garcia-Williams/39f260cf-cb8e-4f93-9ead-16bcabe05abf# Denver Broncos bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111184118/http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/roster/Jerrol-Garcia-Williams/39f260cf-cb8e-4f93-9ead-16bcabe05abf |date=November 11, 2017 }}
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Category:American football linebackers
Category:Players of American football from Las Vegas
Category:Players of American football from Ohio
Category:Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players
Category:Denver Broncos players