Joe Williams (linebacker)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Williams

| number = 97

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|5}}

| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 237

| high_school = Baton Rouge (LA) McKinley

| college = Grambling State

| undraftedyear = 1987

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1987}})
• New England Steamrollers ({{AFL Year|1988}})
• Denver Dynamite ({{AFL Year|1989}})

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 1.0

| pfr = W/WillJo22

| afl = Joe_Williams-1709

}}

Joseph Dennis Williams (born March 5, 1965) is an American former professional football linebacker who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Grambling State University and attended McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/will18400.html | title=JOE WILLIAMS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=October 9, 2015 | url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125711/http://www.profootballarchives.com/will18400.html | archive-date=March 4, 2016 }} He was also a member of the New England Steamrollers and Denver Dynamite of the Arena Football League (AFL).