Tarence Williams Class: Senior Hometown: Wilmington, NC High School: E.A. Laney Height / Weight: 5-10 / 178 Position: Running Back Birthdate: 09/23/1981 Experience: 3VL

An explosive runner who has led the Deacons in rushing the last two years and will return as one of the nation's top running backs ¡K has impressed the coaches with his ability to make defenders miss ¡K has shown good balance, vision, speed and quickness ¡K may have the best feet and quickness of all Deacon running backs ... does everything that is asked of him, both on the field and in the classroom ¡K his challenge will be to remain healthy - he missed spring drills with an ankle injury and will be slowed in the preseason by a broken bone in his foot suffered in June ¡K met gold standards in the weight room for two events at the end of spring workouts, lifting 418 in the back squat and measuring a team-best 36-inch vertical jump ¡K has already etched his name in several places on the Deacon career charts ... sits in 11th place on Wake's all-time rushing list with 1,729 career yards ... tied for sixth on WFU's career rushing TDs chart with 17 ... also one of only four players in school history to record at least nine 100-yard games ¡K has received numerous preseason honors by several national publications ¡K is a first-team preseason All-ACC pick by The Sporting News, Lindy's, Athlon and Street & Smith's ¡K rated the 17th-best running back in the nation by The Sporting News.

2001: Had a breakout season, becoming the eighth Deacon running back in school history to record a 1,000-yard season ¡K was the key cog in the Wake offense, rushing 249 times for 1,018 yards and 10 touchdowns ¡K earned All-ACC second team honors ... named the team's Most Valuable Player ... rated the ACC's 18th-best player at the end of the season by College Football News.com ... finished the year ranked second in the ACC and 26th nationally in rushing, averaging 101.8 yards per game ... also ranked seventh in the league in all-purpose yardage ¡K his 249 rushing attempts ranked as the fifth-highest season total in school history, while his 1,018 yards tied as the sixth-best single season performance ¡K recorded a career-high 158 yards on 36 carries (4.6 yards per carry) at East Carolina and also scored a touchdown ... was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week for his performance at ECU ... rushed 25 times for 116 yards, leading the team against ASU ... led the team with 23 rushes for 100 yards versus Maryland ... his nine-yard run in the second quarter against the Terps gave him his 1,000th career rushing yard ... his 11-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was the first TD scored on Maryland in nine quarters ... had a three-game streak of 100-yard games halted at Florida State, totaling 46 yards on 16 carries ... recorded his sixth career 100-yard game with 113 yards on 25 carries against the Wolfpack ... posted another 100-yard game at Duke, carrying the ball 25 times for 121 yards and two touchdowns ¡K had a season-long run of 47 yards against the Blue Devils ... served as a game captain against Clemson ¡K tallied 37 yards, including one touchdown, against the Tigers before leaving the game with a sprained ankle ... did not play against Virginia due to the injury ... bounced back and responded with his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season at North Carolina ... carried the ball 29 times for 101 yards and a touchdown against the Tar Heels ... rushed for his eighth and ninth TDs of the season against Georgia Tech, carrying 22 times for 86 yards ... rushed 35 times for 140 yards and recorded his 10th touchdown of the season to lead the Deacon offense against Northern Illinois ¡K reached the 1,000-yard mark for the season against the Huskies.

2000: Emerged as a late-season offensive threat in the Deacon backfield ... finished the year as the Deacons' leading rusher with 130 carries for 661 yards and seven touchdowns ... averaged 5.1 yards per carry ... saw action in all 11 games and started nine contests ... was the team's leading scorer with 42 points ... was second on the squad in all-purpose yardage, totaling 883 on the season ... had 10 carries for 43 yards and a touchdown at NC State ... rushed 17 times for 75 yards and three TDs at Navy, scoring the Deacs' first two TDs ... led the Deacs with 95 yards on the ground against FSU ... had a career day against Duke, scoring his first career touchdown ... became the first Deacon to score three TDs in a game this season ... had a career-high 72-yard TD run in the fourth quarter - Wake's longest TD run since 1996 and ninth-longest rush in school history ... rushed for a career-high 154 yards versus the Blue Devils - the highest total by a Deacon in 2000 ... ran seven times for 110 yards at Georgia Tech ... made a run of 48 yards and caught a pass for a career-long 10 yards in that game ... totaled 61 yards on 14 carries versus Vanderbilt ... took three kickoffs at Clemson for a total of 73 yards - ran one back for a career-high 35 yards ... was Wake's top rusher against Appalachian State (13 carries for 43 yards) ... also made his first career reception - a catch for eight yards ... ranked eighth in the ACC with 60.1 rushing yards per game.

1999: Saw running back duty in four games as a true freshman ... rushed 10 times for 50 yards (5.0 yards per carry) ... biggest game of the season came in the season opener at Army when he gained 30 yards on six carries ... all six carries came on the final drive of the game, setting up a Deacon field goal ... his first collegiate touch resulted in an impressive 13-yard gain on third-and-nine ... had a pair of carries for five yards in the Jeep Aloha Bowl versus Arizona State.

Background: Came to Wake Forest after a remarkable career at Laney HS, where he played for coach Gordon Walters ... led Laney to 27 wins over a three-year period, including a 13-1 mark during his junior season (1997) ... totaled 1,872 yards as a junior while scoring 34 times ... slowed somewhat by injury as a senior but still ran for 1,352 yards in only eight games ... named conference player of the year three times ... compiled more than 4,000 yards on the ground for his career while scoring 100 touchdowns ... excelled in track at Laney while also staying active in numerous school affairs ... named the outstanding student there as a senior and was also elected Homecoming King ... participated with his church as an usher and a musician (drummer).

Personal: Majoring in Communications ¡K will turn 21 two days after the Purdue game - born September 23, 1981 in Wilmington, N.C. ... son of Clarence and Jackie Williams ¡K has one brother, Brion King ¡K chose Wake because it was "the perfect school for me.¡¨

Williams¡¦ Career Statistics

Year	G-GS	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
1999	4-0	10	50	5.0	0	15
2000	11-9	130	661	5.1	7	72
2001	10-9	249	1,018	4.1	10	47
Career	25-18	389	1,729	4.4	17	72

Most Carries: 36 at East Carolina, 9/1/01
Most Yards Rushing: 158 at East Carolina, 9/1/01

Williams Up Close

Nicknames: "T", T-weezy

Favorite book: Beloved

Favorite class at WFU: Acting

A piece of advice I'd pass along to myself 10 years ago: work harder than the next man to succeed in life

If I were head coach for a day, I would: practice all day and night

My dream job would be: the President of the U.S.A.

My first thought when meeting Coach Grobe was: he is ready for business

Most people don't know I: am related to Eddie Murphy

If I were stranded on a deserted island, I'd want this person with me: Halle Berry

My craziest ambition is to: get a full body tattoo