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Defensive tackle, Tennessee, 2005–09
Dan Williams
- Number
- No. 55
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 327 lb
- Hometown
- Memphis , TN
- Born
- Jun 1, 1987, in Memphis, Tennessee
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Dan Williams played defensive tackle at Tennessee (2005–09). The Arizona Cardinals took Williams in the first round, No. 26 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: AP third team 2009
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006N | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 2007N | 14 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 6.5 | 2 | – | – |
| 2008N | 12 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 9 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 |
| On file | 79 | 81 | 160 | 25 | 7 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tennessee | 55 | DT | 6′3″ | 327 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–31).
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ |
| Weight | 327 lb |
| Arm length | 33½″ |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ |
| 40-yard dash | 5.27 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.80 sW |
| Vertical jump | 32″ |
| Broad jump | 8′0″ |
| Bench press | 27 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.88 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.87 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 88 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arizona Cardinals | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Arizona Cardinals | 13 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Oakland Raiders | 15 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 88 | 204 | 3.5 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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