Williams attended Detroit's Cass Technical High School,[1] where as a senior one of his coaches was Thomas Wilcher.
[2] During his senior season,[2] Cass had an undefeated 9–0 regular season before losing 22–21 to Warren De La Salle Collegiate High School in the Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs.
[4] As a junior, the rushing load was carried by Chris Howard and freshman Anthony Thomas and Williams only played in 9 games.
[4] However, the team went an undefeated 12–0 to win the National Championship behind its strong defense led by 1997 Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson.
[4] Williams went undrafted in the 1999 NFL draft,[5] but he played briefly for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League from 1999-2000.