Willie Williams (cornerback, born 1970)

Willie Williams
No. 27
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1970-12-26) December 26, 1970
Place of birth: Columbia, South Carolina
Career information
High school: Columbia (SC) Spring Valley
College: Western Carolina
NFL draft: 1993 / Round: 6 / Pick: 162
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions: 26
Sacks: 4
Touchdowns: 4
Player stats at NFL.com

Willie James Williams (born December 26, 1970) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted out of Western Carolina University by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1993, and spent the first 4 seasons of his 13-year career in Pittsburgh. He was a key member of the 1995 Steelers team that played in Super Bowl XXX. From 1997 to 2003, Williams played for the Seattle Seahawks, before returning to the Steelers for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Williams had a much smaller role in 2005, but still posted 10 tackles, adding to his career totals of 602 tackles and 26 interceptions. Williams has the distinction of being the only player from the 1995 Steelers Super Bowl XXX roster to be a member of the 2005 Steelers Super Bowl XL roster. The Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in that game 21-10 (though Williams was not active in Super Bowl XL, and did not dress with pads). He is also the cousin of Tamera Young of the Atlanta Dream (WNBA).

On March 3, 2006, Willams and veteran QB Tommy Maddox, were released as salary cap cuts. Williams then retired from football.


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