Tyrone Williams (wide receiver)
| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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March 26, 1970 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | George Harvey (ON) / Queen Elizabeth (NS) | ||||||||
| College: | Western Ontario | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1992 / Round: 9 / Pick: 239 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 1 |
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| Receiving yards: | 25 |
| Receiving TDs: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Tyrone Williams (born March 26, 1970) is a former gridiron football player. He is the first player to win a Vanier Cup championship in Canadian university football, a Super Bowl championship (2 Super Bowl Championships – 1992 & 1993) in the National Football League and a Grey Cup championship in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Williams was recruited by University of Western Ontario (now Western University) football coach Larry Haylor in 1988 from Halifax's Queen Elizabeth High School (Halifax, Nova Scotia), where he played competitive football, soccer and basketball. He made an immediate impact in his freshman season with the Mustangs, setting a team receiving record for most yards per catch with 21.9, and was named an Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUAA) second-team all-star.
Williams was named an OUAA all-star again in 1989, a season in which the Mustangs won their fifth Vanier Cup title. Williams caught five passes for 157 yards and a touchdown to earn the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the game's most outstanding player as Western beat the Saskatchewan Huskies 35-10 to win the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) football championship. Williams earned All-Canadian honours in 1990 and again 1991, and graduated Western with a degree in economics, and school records for most receptions and most yards receiving. Those records stood for nearly two decades until they were surpassed by future CFL star Andy Fantuz.
Williams' accomplishments in Canada caught the attention of American scouts, and after his final season at Western ended, he received an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama. Not only was Williams the first Canadian university player to earn an invitation to the NCAA's annual showcase for graduating US college football players, he also caught a 36-yard touchdown pass in a 13-10 AFC victory, the game's only offensive touchdown. Earning him the AT&T Long Distance Play of the Game for the longest play of the game.
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