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STAFF
SIDELINES HISTORY PLAYOFF RECORDS 2014 SEASON RYAN
RECORDS
WILLIAMS
TRANSACTION SUMMARY:
1/13/15: Signed a two-year contract with Dallas through 2016.
8/30/14: Waived and signed to Dallas’ practice squad (8/31).
5/19/14: Signed with Dallas.
5/12/14: Released by Arizona.
10/9/12: Placed on Reserve/Injured with a shoulder injury.
8/29/11: Placed on Reserve/Injured with a knee injury.
4/29/11: Drafted in the second round (38th overall) by Arizona.
2014:
• Led all Cowboys rushers in the preseason with 25 carries, 112 yards and the only rushing score but was
released at the end of training camp.
• Immediately signed to the club’s practice squad where he spent the entire season.
2013 (Arizona):
• Carried the ball 11 times for 35 yards and one touchdown during the preseason. Also caught one pass for
six yards.
• Was healthy but inactive (coach’s decision) for all 16 games during the regular season.
2012 (Arizona):
• Played in the first five games with three starts before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury.
• Ran for 164 yards on 58 carries and caught seven passes for 44 yards.
• Started his first career game against Seattle (9/9) and carried eight times for nine yards and had two receptions
for 17 yards.
• Rushed for 13 yards on 10 carries and had two receptions for 10 yards at New England (9/16).
• Compiled a team-high 83 yards on 13 carries against Philadelphia (9/23). Had seven carries for 62 yards
in the fourth quarter, including a career-long 25-yard run on third-and--17 and an 11-yard run on third-andthree
on a drive that resulted in a field goal.
• Started and ran for 26 yards on 13 carries and had one reception against Miami (9/30).
• At St. Louis (10/4) started and rushed for 33 yards on 14 carries and had one catch for five yards before
leaving the game in the fourth quarter with a shoulder injury.
• Placed on Reserve/Injured (shoulder) on Oct. 9.
2011 (Arizona):
• Suffered a ruptured patella tendon in his right knee during a preseason matchup at Green Bay (8/19) and
sat out the remainder of his rookie season after being placed on Reserve/Injured on Aug. 29.
• Had five carries for 27 yards and one reception for 23 yards during the preseason.
COLLEGE:
• Started 18-of-23 games in two seasons at Virginia Tech, totaling 2,132 yards and 30 touchdowns on 403
carries (5.2 avg.) and added 26 receptions for 289 yards (11.1 avg.) and two touchdowns.
• Scored 192 points in his career, ranking 10th in Virginia Tech history and his 32 total touchdowns ranked
as the fourth-best career total in school history, behind Lee Suggs (56; 1999-2002), Kevin Jones (35;
2001-03) and Branden Ore (33; 2005-07).
• Preseason All-American and All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a sophomore in 2010, appearing in
10 games with five starts, missing three games due to ankle injuries, and finished with 60 points and 586
all-purpose yards.
• Rushed for 477 yards and nine touchdowns on 110 carries (4.3 yard avg.) and caught 10 passes for 109
yards (10.9 avg.) and one touchdown.
• All-ACC first-team selection by the league’s media as a freshman in 2009 and was named the conference’s
Offensive Rookie of the Year.
• Semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award (nation’s top running back) after starting all 13 games and leading
the Hokies with 293 carries for 1,655 yards (5.6 avg.) and 21 touchdowns as a redshirt freshman.
• His average of 127.3 yards-per-game on the ground led the ACC and ranked fifth nationally.
• Added 16 receptions for 180 yards (11.2 yard avg.) and one touchdown.
• Accumulated 1,835 all-purpose yards and led the ACC and ranked fourth nationally in scoring, averaging
10.1 points per game, while establishing an ACC single-season record with 132 points scored.
• His 1,655 rushing yards ranked third all-time in ACC season history, surpassed only by Thomas Jones of
Virginia (1,798; 1999) and Don McCauley of North Carolina (1,720; 1970).
• Rushed for 100+ yards 10 times on the season, tying Don McCauley’s 39-year old ACC season-record
(1970).
• Tied Marshall Faulk’s (1991) NCAA freshman record with 21 rushing touchdowns, while also breaking the
ACC’s single-season record, surpassing the previous high of 19 reached by Don McCauley of North Carolina
(1970) and Robert Lavette of Georgia Tech (1982).
• Established an ACC record with 22 total touchdowns, breaking the previous mark of 21 held by Don
McCauley of North Carolina (1970) and C.J. Spiller of Clemson (2009).
• Broke T.A. McLendon’s (North Carolina State) ACC freshman record of 18 total touchdowns with 22 total
scores and established an ACC freshman record with 1,835 all-purpose yards.
• Redshirted in ’08 after becoming one of two winners of the Torgersen Award for the top newcomers of the
spring.
PERSONAL:
• Attended Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas, Va. where he was a four-year starter and became
one of the nation’s most sought-after running back recruits after totaling more than 3,000 yards rushing.
• As a senior, rushed for 640 yards and seven touchdowns while earning SuperPrep All-American honors,
despite missing three games due to ankle injuries.
• Earned an invitation to the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl, where he beat out some of the nation’s
elite prep runners for a starting job on the East squad.
• As a junior in 2006, earned All-American, All-State and All-Cedar Run Class AAA honors, as he exploded for
1,572 yards and 21 touchdowns on 167 carries, averaging 9.4 yards-per-attempt and also scored twice
on special teams while returning one kickoff and one punt for touchdowns.
• Was a business major at Virginia Tech.
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