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  John Williams

John Williams

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Stone Mountain, Ga.

High School:
Stone Mountain HS

Height / Weight:
5-7 / 175

Position:
Running Back

Birthdate:
05/29/1983

Experience:
2L

2003: Rushed 25 times for 81 yards and a touchdown . . . caught two passes for 31 yards on the season . . . rushed five times for 25 yards and caught a pass for 20 yards against Southeast Missouri State . . . had six rushes for a season-high 32 yards and had one reception for 11 yards against Murray State.

2002: Caught two passes for 21 yards against North Alabama before suffering a season-ending injury at Baylor . . . returned three kicks for 82 yards, including two returns for 52 yards at Baylor . . . received a medical redshirt.

2001: Finished second on the team in rushing with 63 carries for 275 yards and four touchdowns . . . played in nine games, averaging 4.4 yards per carry . . . scored in his first three collegiate games . . . scored on his first touch in the season opener against Chattanooga, a 35-yard reception . . . rushed 14 times for 35 yards and a touchdown against Gardner-Webb . . . ran 11 times for 20 yards and a touchdown against Nicholls State . . . career-best came against Charleston Southern, rushing 12 times for 94 yards . . . followed that with 11 carries for 76 yards in the homecoming win over UT-Martin . . . got limited carries in his last two games of the season, rushing three times for nine yards against Elon and four times for 20 yards against VMI.

High School: The Dekalb County rushing champion as a senior, rushing 135 times for 1,503 yards and 19 touchdowns, averaging 11.2 yards per carry . . . first-team All-County and All-State honorable mention by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . . . as a junior, he was ranked sixth in the nation and first for juniors in the 60 meters, and ninth nationally in the 200 meters . . . as a sophomore, he was named Atlanta Track Club Man of the Year for the 200 meters and is only the third person in Georgia history to win the 100 and 200 meters in consecutive years . . . timed at 21.0 seconds in the 200 meters.

Personal: Born May 29, 1983 . . . son of John Williams, Jr. and Crystal Pritchett . . . majoring in geography.



 

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