Troy Williamson
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| Wide receiver | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
| Date of birth: April 30, 1983 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: Aiken, South Carolina | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
| High school: Silver Bluff High School | |||||||||
| College: South Carolina | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 2005 for the Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||
Career history
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2009 | |||||||||
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Troy "Wide-Open" Williamson (born April 30, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for five seasons. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings seventh overall in the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at South Carolina.
Early years
Troy Williamson attended Silver Bluff High School in Aiken, South Carolina, and he was a letterman and excelled in both football and track. In football, as a senior, he rushed for 890 yards and caught 21 passes for 500 yards (23.8 yards per rec. avg.). He was an All-American, a consensus All-State selection, won Class-AA Player of the Year honors presented by the High School Sports Report, a Mr. Football finalist for the state of South Carolina, and helped lead his team to back-to-back state championships. After his senior season, he was rated the fifth-best wide receiver prospect in the Atlantic Region by PrepStar.
Track and field
In track, Williamson was a two-time 100 meters and 200 meters state champion, with personal bests of 10.35 and 20.79 seconds.
Personal bests
| Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date |
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| 55 meters | 6.32 | Columbia, New York | February 21, 2004 |
| 60 meters | 6.77 | Lexington, Kentucky | February 28, 2004 |
| 100 meters | 10.35 | Spring Valley, New York | April 20, 2002 |
| 200 meters | 20.79 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | January 14, 2006 |
Professional career
2005 NFL Combine
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | |||||||||
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| 6 ft 1¼ in | 203 lb | 4.32 s | 1.58 s | 2.57 s | 4.00 s | 7.10 s | 37 in | 21 | |||||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings needed a receiver with deep speed after trading Randy Moss to Oakland, drafting Williamson with the 7th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. In the 2006-2007 off-season he claimed his hand-eye coordination was bad due to his depth perception[3] and that was the reason for his 11 dropped balls, which tied for second in the NFL. The Vikings 2007 season was equally difficult for Williamson, who finished with 240 yards and 1 touchdown. Most notably in the Vikings' finale, Williamson dropped two crucial passes. First, a wide-open Williamson dropped an almost-certain 72-yard touchdown pass from Tarvaris Jackson in the second quarter[4] and then another pass that would have yielded a critical first down later in the game.[5]
Jacksonville Jaguars
After the 2007 season Williamson was traded for a 6th round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Vikings ended up using that pick to select Jaymar Johnson. Williamson controversially stated that he "wants to duke it out" with former Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, adding that they could "meet at the 50-yard line and go at it."[6] The Jaguars released Williamson on September 4, 2010.[7]
References
- ↑ Packers.com » News » Stories » April 19, 2005: Gil Brandt's NFL Draft Analysis By Position: Wide Receivers
- ↑ "Troy Williamson, WR, South Carolina - 2005 NFL Draft Scout Profile". Nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ↑ "Vikings: Five things to know". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ↑ "Troy Williamson #82 of the Monnesota Vikings drops a...". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ↑ Arnie Stapleton (2007-12-30). "Minnesota Vikings/Denver Broncos Recap Sunday December 30, 2007". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ↑ Troy Williamson challenges Vikings coach Brad Childress to a fight
- ↑ "Jaguars trim roster to 53 - Jaguars news on". Jaguars.com. 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
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