Rodney Williams (punter)

American football player (born 1977)

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American football player

Rodney C. WilliamsNo. 2, 12

Position:| Punter
Personal information
Born:|  (1977-04-25) April 25, 1977 (age 47)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:| 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:| Southwest DeKalb
(Decatur, Georgia)
College:| Georgia Tech
NFL draft:| 1999 / round: 7 / pick: 252
Career history

* St. Louis Rams (1999)*
* Washington Redskins (2000)*
* Rhein Fire (2000-2001)
* New York Giants (2001)
* Seattle Seahawks (2003)*
* Kansas City Chiefs (2004)*
* New Orleans Saints (2005)*
* Edmonton Eskimos (2006)
* Oakland Raiders (2006)*

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

* Longest punt in New York Giants history (90)
* Longest punt in NFL History by a rookie (90)
* 2× First-team All-ACC (1997, 1998)

Career NFL statistics
| Punts:| 91

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Punt yards:| 3,905
Punting average:| 42.9
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Rodney Colin Williams (born April 25, 1977) is an American former gridiron football punter.

## College career

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Williams, who played from 1995 to 1998, left Georgia Tech as the school's career leader in punting average at 41.1 yards a kick. His single-season average of 45.64 yards per punt in 1997 set a school record that stood until Pressley Harvin III broke it in 2020 with an average of 48.0 yards per punt. That same season, he had a school record 553 punting yards against Florida State. In November 2011, Williams was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.

## Professional career

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Williams was drafted out of Georgia Tech by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft.[1] Williams played 2 seasons in NFL Europe where he was a Special Teams Captain for the 2000 World Bowl Champions, Rhine Fire. In 2001 landing a job with the New York Giants. At the time, Williams was the only African-American punter in the NFL, and was just the fourth in the league's history. Williams set a team record with a 90-yard punt on Monday Night Football on September 10, 2001, in Denver against the Broncos, a record that stands to date.[2] Williams officially retired from the NFL in 2007.

## References

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1. ^ "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
2. ^ Olney, Buster (August 29, 2002). "PRO FOOTBALL; Williams Out, Allen In, as Giant Punter". The New York Times. p. 5. Retrieved December 27, 2012.

## External links

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* nfl.com profile

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