James "Froggy" Williams (March 18, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American college football player.
He starred on the 1945 co-championship team that tied with Highland Park, 7–7, in front of 45,790 fans at the Cotton Bowl.
Williams played as a left end and kicker at Rice University from 1946 to 1949 wearing jersey number 84.
As a senior in 1949, he was the captain and the most important player in head coach Jess Neely's "gridiron machine" team that won the Southwest Conference (SWC) championship.
That same year Williams earned first-team All-America honors after leading the Owls to their first ten-win season in school history and the No.