Tony Williams is a former American football

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 defensive tackle in the National Football League

National Football League

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. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings

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 in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL Draft

1997 NFL Draft

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. He played college football

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 at Memphis

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Williams also played for the Cincinnati Bengals

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 and Jacksonville Jaguars

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Professional career

Williams was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 in the 5th round of the 1997 NFL Draft

1997 NFL Draft

The 1997 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 19–20, 1997. No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that...

. Williams spent the first four years with the Vikings. After the 2000 season he signed with the Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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 who he played for until 2004. Williams went un-signed for the 2005 season and was a free agent

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. Before the 2006 season he signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars

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but did not play in any games.