Defensive end, NC State, 2003–05
Mario Williams
- Born
- Jan 31, 1985, in Richlands, North Carolina
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Mario Williams played defensive end at NC State (2003–05). The Houston Texans took Williams first overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: Walter Camp second team 2005; AP third team 2005; Pro Football Weekly 2005; Sports Illustrated 2005
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005‡ | NC State | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Nov 5 at Florida State): the source has no box score for it. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 24 | 14.5 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2005 NC State 1 game, 1 return, 7 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | PR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 54–10 | 1 | 7 |
No box score in the source for Nov 5 at Florida State, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2006 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′7″ |
| Weight | 295 lb |
| Arm length | 34⅛″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.71 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.59 sW |
| Vertical jump | 40½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| Bench press | 35 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.19 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.36 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 147 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.
Pro Bowls: 4 (2008–09, 2013–14) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2014 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2007, 2013)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2014; AP second team 2007, 2013; Pro Football Writers first team 2014; Sporting News first team 2007–08.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Houston Texans | 16 | 43 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2007 | Houston Texans | 16 | 50 | 14 | 0 |
| 2008 | Houston Texans | 16 | 41 | 12 | 0 |
| 2009 | Houston Texans | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 |
| 2010 | Houston Texans | 12 | 27 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2011 | Houston Texans | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 38 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 30 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 36 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 147 | 340 | 97.5 | 0 | |
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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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