Leonard Williams (American football)

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Leonard Williams
Leonard Williams WFT-NYG JAN2022 (cropped).jpg
Williams with the New York Giants in 2022
No. 99 – Seattle Seahawks
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1994-06-20) June 20, 1994 (age 30)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:310 lb (141 kg)
Career information
High school: Mainland
(Daytona Beach, Florida)
College: USC (2012–2014)
NFL draft: 2015  / round: 1 / pick: 6
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2024
Tackles:511
Sacks:43.5
Forced fumbles:6
Fumble recoveries:4
Pass deflections:11
Interceptions:2
Defensive touchdowns:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Leonard Austin "Big Cat" Williams (born June 20, 1994) is an American professional football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football for the USC Trojans.

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Early life

Leonard Williams [1] attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he was a two-sport athlete in football and track. As a senior, he had 103 tackles and 10.5 sacks, helping Mainland to reach the FHSAA 6A state semi-finals, where they lost to Miami Central 7–17. However, the loss was overturned in August 2012 as Miami Central forfeited its entire season due to a transfer infraction. [2]

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Williams was ranked as the fifth best strongside defensive end recruit in his class. [3]

College career

Williams playing for USC in 2012 Leonard Williams (8098381881).jpg
Williams playing for USC in 2012

As a true freshman in 2012, Williams started nine of 13 games at defensive tackle, recording 64 tackles, eight sacks and an interception. He was named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Freshman of the Year. [4] [5] As a sophomore in 2013, Williams was moved from tackle to defensive end. [6] After recording 74 tackles and six sacks, Williams was a named a first-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection and was an All-American by ESPN. [7] [8] As a junior in 2014, he recorded 80 tackles and seven sacks. He was named Team MVP, first-team All-Pac-12 and was an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and ESPN. [9] [10]

After his junior season, Williams announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2015 NFL draft. [11] [12]

Professional career

Pre-draft

In May 2014, Williams was projected a top-4 selection in the 2015 NFL Draft by various mock drafts. [13] [14] [15] By October 2014, Williams was projected as a top-3 selection. [16] In the months leading up to the draft Williams was regularly the 2nd pick in mock drafts, [17] [18] but in the final weeks most experts predicted that Marcus Mariota would instead be the 2nd pick, with Williams subsequently falling to 3–5th place. [19]

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 4+5⁄8 in
(1.95 m)		302 lb
(137 kg)		34+5⁄8 in
(0.88 m)		10+5⁄8 in
(0.27 m)		4.97 s1.73 s2.88 s4.53 s7.59 s29.5 in
(0.75 m)		8 ft 10 in
(2.69 m)
All values from NFL Combine [20] [21]

New York Jets

Williams was selected by the New York Jets sixth overall in the first round of the 2015 draft. [22] He was the highest selected USC defensive lineman since Darrell Russell in 1997. [23] Williams signed a four-year, $18.6 million contract on May 8, 2015. [24] During his third preseason game against the interleague-rival New York Giants on August 29, 2015, Williams left the game with an apparent knee injury. X-Rays and MRIs were both negative, revealing no ligament damage. [25] On September 7, 2015, he had his jersey number switched to #92 from #62. [26] On his regular season debut against the Cleveland Browns on September 13, 2015, Williams made a total of five tackles. [27] On the December 6, 2015, Williams recorded his first sack in a Giants-Jets rivalry game. [28] In 16 games of his rookie year in 2015, Williams made 63 tackles with three sacks. [29] He was named to the PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team for the 2015 season. [30]

Williams playing for the Jets in 2017. Leonard Williams (American football).JPG
Williams playing for the Jets in 2017.

Opening the season against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 11, 2016, Williams had 2.5 sacks for his first career multi-sack game. The Jets combined for 6 sacks, but still lost 23–22. [31] He had a total of 7 sacks on the season, and as recognition for his great play, he was selected as a first-team alternate for the 2017 Pro Bowl. [32] [33]

In 2017, Williams started all 16 games, recording a career-low 47 tackles and two sacks. [34]

On April 11, 2018, the Jets picked up the fifth-year option on Williams' contract. [35] During Week 16 against the Green Bay Packers, he was disqualified for the first time in his NFL career after throwing a punch on Bryan Bulaga. This was one of 16 penalties as the Jets lost the game 44–38 in overtime. [36] On December 29, Williams was fined $43,449, which also included a hit on Aaron Rodgers. [37] In the 2018 season, he started in all 16 games. He finished with five sacks, 42 total tackles (27 solo), and two passes defended as the Jets went 4–12. [38] [39]

New York Giants

Williams (#99) in a game against the Washington Redskins in 2019 Leonard Williams (cropped).jpg
Williams (#99) in a game against the Washington Redskins in 2019

On October 28, 2019, Williams was traded to the New York Giants for a 2020 third round pick and a 2021 fifth round pick. [40] In week 15 against the Miami Dolphins, Williams forced a fumble on former teammate Ryan Fitzpatrick which was recovered by teammate Sean Chandler during the 36–20 win. [41] He finished the 2019 season with a half-sack, 46 total tackles (21 solo), three passes defended, and one forced fumble in 15 games and 12 starts. [42]

On March 16, 2020, the Giants placed the franchise tag on Williams. [43] He signed the one-year tender on April 22, 2020. [44] He was placed on the active/non-football injury list at the start of training camp on August 2, 2020. [45] He was activated on August 14, 2020. [46] In Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football , Williams recorded his first sack of the season on Ben Roethlisberger during the 26–16 loss. Williams' sack was his first full sack as a member of the Giants and surpassed his 2019 total of 0.5 sacks. [47] In Week 13 against the Seattle Seahawks, Williams recorded 2.5 sacks on Russell Wilson during the 17–12 win. [48] Williams was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 13. [49] In Week 17 against the Dallas Cowboys, Williams recorded three sacks on Andy Dalton during the 23–19 win. [50] Williams won the NFC Defensive Player Of The Week Award again for his performance. This brought Williams' total to 11.5 sacks on the season. [51] In the 2020 season, he finished with 11.5 sacks, 57 total tackles (29 solo), one pass defended, and one forced fumble. [52] He was ranked 84th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021. [53]

The Giants placed the franchise tag on Williams for the second consecutive season on March 9, 2021. [54] On March 18, 2021, the Giants signed him to a three-year, $63 million contract that includes $45 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $22.50 million. [55] [56] [57] He started in all 17 games in the 2021 season. He finished with 6.5 sacks, 81 total tackles (34 solo), two passes defended, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery. [58] He was ranked 97th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022. [59]

On September 6, 2022, the Giants restructured Williams' contract to create more cap space. [60] He sprained his MCL in Week 2 against the Carolina Panthers. [61] He returned in Week 6 against the Ravens. [62] He finished with 2.5 sacks, 45 total tackles (26 solo), one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries in 12 games and starts. [63]

Seattle Seahawks

On October 30, 2023, Williams was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft (No. 47; later used on Tyler Nubin) and a fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft. [64] [65] Due to the mid-season trade he would miss out on having a bye week during the season and he played in 18 regular season games during the 2023 season which was the first time a player would play 18 games in a season since the 1930 NFL season. [66] In the 2023 season, Williams finished with 5.5 sacks, 62 total tackles (37 solo), and two passes defended. [67]

On March 12, 2024, Williams signed a three-year, $64.5 million contract extension with the Seahawks. [68] On December 1, 2024, Williams scored his first NFL touchdown on a 92-yard interception return in the 2nd quarter off Aaron Rodgers during a Week 13 game against his former team, the New York Jets. [69] At 310 lbs, the return for a touchdown gave him the NFL record for the heaviest player ever to do so as the former Jet and former Giant secured a signature career moment at MetLife Stadium. [70] Following his impressive Week 13 performance against the Jets, Williams was named NFC Player of the Week for the third time in his career. [71]

NFL career statistics

Legend
BoldCareer High

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckIntYdsTDPDFFFRYdsTD
2015 NYJ 16156329343.0––––––––
2016 NYJ 16166836327.0––––2000
2017 NYJ 16164722252.01601––––
2018 NYJ 16164227155.00002––––
2019 NYJ 77208120.00001––––
NYG 852613130.500021000
2020 NYG 161257292811.500010100
2021 NYG 17178134476.500022100
2022 NYG 12124526192.5––––1200
2023 NYG 87211381.50001––––
SEA 10104124174.00001––––
Career 14213351126125043.5160116400

Postseason

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckIntYdsTDPDFFFRYdsTD
2022 NYG 226240.00001––––
Career 226240.000010000

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