Richie Williams (Canadian football)
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- Not to be confused with the American born American football running back for the New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins, and Toronto Argonauts, Errick Lynne WilliamsRicky WilliamsErrick Lynne "Ricky" Williams, Jr. is an American football running back for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints fifth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft...
- Not to be confused with the American born American football running back for the Indianapolis Colts, Ricky Antwan WilliamsRicky A. WilliamsRicky Antwan Williams is a former American football running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas Tech....
Richie Williams (born March 10, 1983 in Camden, South Carolina
Camden, South Carolina
Camden is the fourth oldest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina and is also the county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. The population was an estimated 7,103 in 2009...
) is an American
United States
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Canadian football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
who is a free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
. He was originally signed as a free agent by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
after a collegiate career at Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University is a comprehensive , public, coeducational university located in Boone, North Carolina, United States. Appalachian State, also referred to as Appalachian, App State, or simply App, is the sixth largest institution in the University of North Carolina system...
.
College career
Williams became Appalachian State'sAppalachian State Mountaineers football
The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the college football team at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Southern Conference since 1972, and are currently a Division I Football Championship Subdivision member of the National...
starting quarterback during his junior year in 2004 in which the Mountaineers
Appalachian State Mountaineers
The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and have been a member of the Southern Conference since 1972....
finished with a disappointing 6–5 overall record. However, on October 9, 2004, against Furman University
Furman University
Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...
, Williams completed 40 of 45 passes thrown for an all divisions NCAA record for single game accuracy. Additionally, he completed 28 straight passes which also established an NCAA mark.
The 2005 season
2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
The 2005 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the college football season of 2005–2006. The team was coached by Jerry Moore and the Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.The football team competes in...
saw the fortunes of the Mountaineers turn around as Williams led the team to a 12–3 record and the 2005
2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of the college football season, began on September 1, 2005 and concluded on December 16, 2005 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Northern Iowa Panthers to win the NCAA Division I-AA Football...
NCAA Division I Football Championship. It was the first NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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national title won by a college football team from North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. He was honored with the Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
Offensive Player of the Year Award in November of 2005. Williams also received the coveted Bob Waters Award
Bob Waters
Robert Lee Waters was a successful American football coach and athletics director, best known for his contributions to athletics at Western Carolina University. Waters coached the football Catamounts for 20 football seasons , and performed the dual roll of athletic director from 1971–1986...
as the Southern Conference Male Athlete of the Year at the conclusion of the 2005–06 athletics season.
Statistics
| Season | | Passing | | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Rating | Comp | Att | % | Yards | TD | INT | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2004 | 10 | 158.39 | 234 | 350 | 66.9 | 3,109 | 24 | 10 | 137 | 284 | 2.1 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 15 | 149.40 | 211 | 338 | 62.4 | 2,809 | 20 | 4 | 148 | 842 | 5.7 | 5 | |
| Totals | 25 | 153.90 | 445 | 688 | 64.7 | 5,918 | 44 | 14 | 285 | 1,126 | 3.9 | 13 | |
Professional career
Williams signed as a free agentFree agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
with the Tiger-Cats before the start of the 2006 season
2006 CFL season
-2006 Rogers CFL Awards:* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Geroy Simon , BC Lions* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Brent Johnson , BC Lions* CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Brent Johnson , BC Lions...
, but playing time was limited during his three years with Hamilton. He saw action in 52 games and was honored as the CFL's Offensive Player of the Week in which he led the Tiger-Cats to a 45–21 rout of the Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
in Week 7 of the 2008 season
2008 CFL season
The 2008 CFL season was the 55th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 51st season for the league. It was also the first CFL season in which all of the league's regular season and post-season games, including the Grey Cup game, were aired on TSN. This meant the CFL...
. After being released from the Tiger-Cats, Williams signed a contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
on June 8, 2009. He was released on July 29, 2009.
Statistics
| Season | | Passing | | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Rating | Comp | Att | % | Yards | TD | INT | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2006 | HAM | 85.6 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 241 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| 2007 | HAM | 86.4 | 80 | 130 | 61.5 | 852 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 169 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| 2008 | HAM | 82.3 | 60 | 100 | 60.0 | 984 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 307 | 7.1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 84.7 | 157 | 262 | 59.9 | 2,077 | 11 | 9 | 79 | 531 | 6.7 | 2 | ||