After attending high school in Fort Worth, Texas, Williams played football at Oklahoma State University.

Born on Monday, September 27, 1982, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Williams attended O. D. Wyatt High School, where he played cornerback and was also a punt returner.

As a senior, he was named 7-4A Defensive Most Valuable Player after posting five interceptions that featured several long returns, including a best of 54 yards.

As a sophomore, Williams started all of the team's thirteen games, recording 53 tackles and three interceptions, while breaking up 13 passes.

The Raiders were driving to score, when quarterback Kerry Collins attempted a pass to wide receiver Jerry Porter.

Williams and two other passengers were shot when another vehicle pulled beside his rented Hummer H2 limousine in downtown Denver, Colorado.

The shooting happened less than 12 hours after the Broncos played their final game of the 2006 season against the San Francisco 49ers in Denver.

[6] The Denver Police Department reported that the shooting was preceded by some type of altercation or argument at the nightclub between Crips gang members and other patrons, one of whom was Broncos teammate Brandon Marshall.

[10] According to the county coroner's office, Williams sustained a single gunshot wound to the neck, killing him almost instantly.

The vehicle was registered to Brian Hicks, a 28-year-old Crips gang member, who was already incarcerated awaiting trial for attempted murder and drug charges.

Although Williams is from the Carter Park neighborhood in South Fort Worth that associates with the Crips, rumors persist that it was a gang-related event because many club-goers[who?]

Williams was survived by his seven-year-old son, four-year-old daughter and 24-year-old wife, all of whom live in Fort Worth, Texas.

[15] On May 30, 2008, the Rocky Mountain News published a story claiming that it had obtained a signed confession letter by Crips gang member Willie D. Clark, in which he admitted to firing the shot that killed Williams.