Carnell Williams
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Running back, Auburn, 2001–⁠04

Carnell Williams

Hometown
Attalla, AL

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Carnell Williams played running back at Auburn (2001–⁠04). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Williams in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2004
First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 5
Overall, 2005 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Career highs

149rushing yards, best game on filevs. Kentucky, 20042rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. Kentucky, 2004

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2004; SEC champions, 2004

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonRushing
AttYdsAvgTD
20011206145.16
20021417455.310
20032411,3075.417
20042391,1654.912
Career7413,83145

From the college statistics table in Williams’s Wikipedia article (Cadillac Williams, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Game by game

2004 Auburn 13 games, 1,165 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDPR
Sep 4vs.UL MonroeW 31–⁠02310301
Sep 11atMississippi StateW 43–⁠14191222–
Sep 18vs.LSUW 10–⁠9187502
Sep 25vs.The CitadelW 33–⁠322951–
Oct 2atTennesseeW 34–⁠1024951–
Oct 9vs.Louisiana TechW 52–⁠7125612
Oct 16vs.ArkansasW 38–⁠20167114
Oct 23vs.KentuckyW 42–⁠10171492–
Oct 30atOle MissW 35–⁠14169616
Nov 13vs.GeorgiaW 24–⁠61910115
Nov 20atAlabamaW 21–⁠13154112
Dec 4vs.TennesseeW 38–⁠281910014
Jan 3 ✦vs.Virginia TechW 16–⁠13196103

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine or pro day 2005
Height5′10⅞″
Weight217 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size8¼″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.94 s
20-yard shuttle4.07 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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