Dion Williams Class: RS Senior Hometown: Stone Mountain, GA High School: Lakeside Height / Weight: 6-1 / 247 Position: Linebacker Birthdate: 02/18/1981 Experience: 2VL

A veteran player who has a chance to start at one of the outside slots this fall ¡K a strong, physical player with good experience ¡K has a great combination of speed, intelligence and physical play ¡K possesses a great deal of natural ability ¡K had a great spring and put himself into a battle for a starting role ¡K has waited in the wings for several years and coaches expect him to shine in his final season ¡K has matured as a player and a person, developing into a solid senior leader ¡K set a team-best in the weight room this past spring with 428 lbs. in the front squat.

2002
Battled Brad White for playing time at the middle linebacker spot ¡K hampered by injuries but really stepped up to make an impact when healthy ¡K saw action in 12 games, starting two ¡K finished the season with 46 tackles (including 31 solo stops), three tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup ¡K was the team¡¦s fifth-leading tackler at Northern Illinois with eight stops ¡K also had a team-best five solo tackles and caused a fumble ¡K earned his first career starting nod and was the team¡¦s leading tackler at NC State ¡K had eight tackles including seven solo stops and a TFL (-2 yards) against the Wolfpack ¡K credited with four tackles at Georgia Tech, including three solo stops ¡K recorded five tackles, including two solo stops in the win over Duke ¡K also credited with a pass breakup against the Blue Devils ¡K totaled a career-best nine tackles against Clemson, including five solo stops and two tackles-for-loss (-2 yards) ¡K credited with three solo tackles in the win over North Carolina ¡K recorded two tackles and forced a fumble versus Florida State ¡K started at outside linebacker for the first time all season against Navy, recording one tackle in the win ¡K had one tackle and a fumble recovery in the Seattle Bowl win over Oregon.

2001
Participated in the first three games of the year in a reserve role before being sidelined with a season-ending injury ¡K totaled six tackles, including three solo stops, in three games ¡K had four tackles (two solo) with a fumble recovery against Appalachian State ¡K made one special teams stop.

2000
Saw action in nine games ¡K totaled 24 tackles ¡K accounted for 13 assisted tackles and 11 solo stops ¡K forced one fumble ¡K totaled three tackles, including one for loss against Virginia ¡K rolled up four tackles at Navy ¡K tallied six tackles at Clemson, including four unassisted.

1999
Redshirted as a true freshman and worked primarily with the scout teams.

Background
An all-state performer at Lakeside HS under Bill McHenry in 1998 ¡K Williams is considered by McHenry the best linebacker to ever play at that school ¡K credited with 125 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, nine sacks and four fumble recoveries during the 1998 season ¡K that performance gained him DeKalb County defensive player of the year honors ¡K in two years with the Vikings, totaled an eye-catching 211 total tackles with 24 sacks ¡K also participated in basketball, wrestling and track on the high school level ¡K had perfect attendance in high school ¡K found time to earn honor roll status in the classroom and serve as a peer mediator.

Personal
Majoring in Communication with a minor in Computer Science ¡K born February 18, 1981 in Wiesbaden, Germany ¡K son of Elmer and Ylonda Williams ¡K has five siblings - Denna, Mario, Marnee, Starlite and Deidra.

Career Statistics

	G-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	PBU	FF	FR
2000	9-0	11	13	24	3/-3	0	1	0
2001	3-0	3	3	6	0/0	0	0	1
2002	12-2	31	15	46	3/-4	1	2	1
Career	24-2	45	31	76	6/-7	1	3	2

Most Tackles: 9 at Clemson, 10/19/02
Most Solo Tackles: 7 at NC State, 9/14/02