Perry Williams (cornerback)

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Perry Williams
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Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1961-05-12) May 12, 1961 (age 63)
Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Richmond Senior (Rockingham, North Carolina)
College: NC State
NFL draft: 1983  / Round: 7 / Pick: 178
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:18
Fumble recoveries:8
Sacks:5.0
Player stats at PFR

Perry Lamar Williams (born May 12, 1961) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL draft. He played for the Giants from 1984 to 1993. [1] He played college football and ran track at North Carolina State. He held the 55m indoor track record in 1983 with a time of 6.22 seconds. [2]

Together with George Martin, Williams is an alum of Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham (BA 1987), as the first two Giants players to graduate from the school's NFL degree completion program. [3] He works at Long Island University Post (LIU) as the Director of Sports Management.

Williams won two Super Bowls with the Giants.

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References

  1. "Pro Football Reference". Pro Football Reference.
  2. "NC STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-2017 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK/HISTORY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  3. Johnson, Roy S.; and Fiffer, Steve. "Sports World Specials; Giant Scholars", The New York Times , June 1, 1987. Accessed July 27, 2022. "Martin was among the 2,500 students who received bachelor's degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University in a ceremony held at the Brendon Byrne Arena.... Martin and Williams are the first Giants to attain bachelor's degrees through the Degree Completion Program for Pro Athletes, which was started at F.D.U. in 1985."