Josh Williams (defensive tackle)
{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Josh Williams
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| number = 96
| position = Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|8|9}}
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Cypress Creek
(Houston, Texas)
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 285
| college = Michigan
| draftyear = 2000
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 120
| undraftedyear =
| pastteams =
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
- New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2006}})*{{cite web | title=Josh Williams Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillJo30.htm | access-date=2024-10-24}}
| highlights =
- National champion (1997)
- Second-team All-Big Ten (1997)
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 173
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 8
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 3
| pfr = W/WillJo30
}}
Josh Sinclair Williams (born August 9, 1976) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Indianapolis Colts from 2000 to 2005.
Career
Williams grew up in the Houston, Texas area and attended Cypress Creek High School.{{cite web| url=http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=28873 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000352/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=28873 |archive-date=2007-09-27| title=Josh Williams #96 |access-date=2023-10-19}} He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1996 to 1999.{{cite web|title=University of Michigan All-time Rosters Search Page |publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library |url=http://141.211.39.65/allroster/fbsearch.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928200732/http://141.211.39.65/allroster/fbsearch.htm |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}(Enter Williams first and last name on the search page, and press enter)
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 3 1/2
| weight = 282
| dash = 4.91
| ten split = 1.71
| twenty split = 2.86
| shuttle = 4.25
| cone drill = 7.22
| vertical = 30.5
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 3
| arm span = 32 1/8
| hand span = 10
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=2038&DraftYear=2000 |title=2000 NFL Draft Scout Josh Williams College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=March 23, 2024}}
}}
He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round (122nd overall pick) of the 2000 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played six seasons as a defensive tackle for the Colts from 2000 to 2005, appearing in 73 NFL games.{{cite news|title=Colts rookie excels|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=October 30, 2000 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F7502620CCBF906&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2000 | IND
| 14 || 7 || 41 || 26 || 15 || 3.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | IND
| 16 || 16 || 50 || 30 || 20 || 3.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | IND
| 7 || 3 || 14 || 10 || 4 || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | IND
| 16 || 4 || 26 || 19 || 7 || 1.0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | IND
| 16 || 15 || 36 || 29 || 7 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | IND
| 4 || 3 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 73 | 48 | 173 | 117 | 56 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2000 | IND
| 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | IND
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | IND
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | IND
| 2 || 1 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
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{{1997 Michigan Wolverines football navbox}}
{{Indianapolis Colts 2000 draft navbox}}
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Category:Players of American football from Denver
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Category:American football defensive tackles
Category:Michigan Wolverines football players
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