Domanick Williams

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Domanick Williams
No. 37
Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1980-10-01) October 1, 1980 (age 43)
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
High school: Breaux Bridge (LA)
College: LSU
NFL draft: 2003  / Round: 4 / Pick: 101
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:770
Rushing yards:3,195
Rushing touchdowns:23
Receptions:154
Receiving yards:1,276
Receiving touchdowns:5
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Domanick Williams (born Davis; October 1, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for three seasons with the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for four seasons with the LSU Tigers.

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Career

Note: during his active playing career, he was known as Domanick Davis.
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 9 in
(1.75 m)		213 lb
(97 kg)		30 in
(0.76 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		4.63 s1.63 s2.72 s4.47 s7.32 s32+1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		9 ft 4 in
(2.84 m)		22 reps
All values from NFL Combine. [1]

Davis played college football for the LSU Tigers. In his four-year career there, he rushed for 2056 yards and 20 touchdowns, [2] including four touchdowns in the 2002 Sugar Bowl. [3]

Davis was drafted by Houston in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. [4] He was named the 2003 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, an award created in 2002, in which fans vote online from a pool of five candidates to determine the winner. He rushed for 1,000+ yards in his first two seasons in the NFL (2003 and 2004) while scoring 22 touchdowns. As a result, he received a contract extension before the start of the 2005 season. Prior to the extension, Davis was scheduled to make $385,000 in 2005. The extension called for a payout of $22 million over the life of the deal, with $8 million in guaranteed money. [5]

In 2005, Davis rushed for 976 yards in the first 11 games before suffering a knee injury and being placed on injured reserve. He did not play during the 2006 season, and was released by the Texans on March 22, 2007. [6]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGamesRushingReceivingFumbles
GPGSAttYdsAvgY/GLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTDFmbLost
2003 HOU 14102381,0314.373.6518473517.517042
2004 HOU 15153021,1883.979.24413685888.638142
2005 HOU 11112309764.288.7442393378.633421
Career 40367703,1954.179.951231541,2768.3385102

Personal life

He changed his surname from Davis to Williams in late 2006. [7]

(on changing his name from Domanick Davis) “And it will be number 31, Domanick Williams. I just had to make a change. I wasn’t really a Davis the whole time, but I have kids of my own and I needed to do what was right.”

(more on the name change) “I just changed Davis to Williams. I wasn’t really a (Davis). It was my older brother’s Dad’s last name and whatever happened I ended up with Davis. So now that I have kids of my own, a little boy and a little girl, ‘Spike’ (Domanick, Jr.) and Lina, I have to change my name to what it really is, and it’s Williams.”

Source: [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Domanick Williams, LSU, RB, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com.
  2. ↑ "Domanick Davis College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2002 Game Recap". allstatesugarbowl.org. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ Pasquarelli, Len (August 6, 2005). "Davis gets four-year extension from Houston". ESPN .
  6. ↑ "Texans release former No. 1 pick Carr". ESPN . AP. March 23, 2007.
  7. ↑ "What's in a name? Plenty". Chicago Tribune . January 2, 2007. pp. 4–8. Retrieved January 21, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Latest News". houstontexans.com.[ dead link ]
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