Williams played college football for the Florida Gators, earning recognition as a first-team All-American in 1987.
[11] In his first five NFL seasons with the Dolphins, Williams recorded fourteen interceptions, including one he returned forty-two yards for a touchdown in 1990.
[13] During his seven-season NFL career, Williams played in 104 regular season games and started in ninety-five of them; he recorded 575 tackles and sixteen interceptions, with one touchdown return.
Williams' former Gators teammate, quarterback Kerwin Bell, was the coach of JU at the time.
[14] Williams died suddenly and without prior warning from an acute asthma attack just before midnight on May 25, 2010; he was 45 years old.