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Leonard Williams (defensive lineman)
Leonard Austin Williams (born June 20, 1994) is an American professional football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football for the USC Trojans.
Leonard Williams is the son of Aviva Russek (a nurse) and Clenon Williams (who programmed computers as a machinist, but was sentenced in 2012 for robbery with a dangerous weapon, and released in 2018), and his maternal grandmother was Heidi Wisotsky. He was born in Bakersfield, California, but lived in Sacramento, California, Michigan, and Arizona before finishing grade school.
Williams then lived in Daytona Beach, Florida, and attended Mainland High School there, where he was a two-sport athlete in football and track. As a senior, he had 103 tackles and 10.5 sacks, helping Mainland to reach the FHSAA 6A state semi-finals, where they lost to Miami Central 7–17. However, the loss was overturned in August 2012 as Miami Central forfeited its entire season due to a transfer infraction.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Williams was ranked as the fifth-best strongside defensive end recruit in his class.
As a true freshman in 2012, Williams started nine of 13 games at defensive tackle, recording 64 tackles, eight sacks and an interception. He was named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2013, Williams was moved from tackle to defensive end. After recording 74 tackles and six sacks, Williams was a named a first-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection and was an All-American by ESPN. As a junior in 2014, he recorded 80 tackles and seven sacks. He was named Team MVP, first-team All-Pac-12 and was an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and ESPN.
After his junior season, Williams announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2015 NFL draft.
In May 2014, Williams was projected a top-4 selection in the 2015 NFL draft by various mock drafts. By October 2014, Williams was projected as a top-3 selection. In the months leading up to the draft Williams was regularly the 2nd pick in mock drafts, but in the final weeks most experts predicted that Marcus Mariota would instead be the 2nd pick, with Williams subsequently falling to 3–5th place.
Williams was selected by the New York Jets sixth overall in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. He was the highest selected USC defensive lineman since Darrell Russell in 1997. Williams signed a four-year, $18.6 million contract on May 8, 2015. During his third preseason game against the interleague-rival New York Giants on August 29, 2015, Williams left the game with an apparent knee injury. X-Rays and MRIs were both negative, revealing no ligament damage. On September 7, 2015, he had his jersey number switched to #92 from #62. On his regular season debut against the Cleveland Browns on September 13, 2015, Williams made a total of five tackles. On the December 6, 2015, Williams recorded his first sack in a Giants–Jets rivalry game. In 16 games of his rookie year in 2015, Williams made 63 tackles with three sacks. He was named to the PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team for the 2015 season.
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Leonard Williams (defensive lineman)
Leonard Austin Williams (born June 20, 1994) is an American professional football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football for the USC Trojans.
Leonard Williams is the son of Aviva Russek (a nurse) and Clenon Williams (who programmed computers as a machinist, but was sentenced in 2012 for robbery with a dangerous weapon, and released in 2018), and his maternal grandmother was Heidi Wisotsky. He was born in Bakersfield, California, but lived in Sacramento, California, Michigan, and Arizona before finishing grade school.
Williams then lived in Daytona Beach, Florida, and attended Mainland High School there, where he was a two-sport athlete in football and track. As a senior, he had 103 tackles and 10.5 sacks, helping Mainland to reach the FHSAA 6A state semi-finals, where they lost to Miami Central 7–17. However, the loss was overturned in August 2012 as Miami Central forfeited its entire season due to a transfer infraction.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Williams was ranked as the fifth-best strongside defensive end recruit in his class.
As a true freshman in 2012, Williams started nine of 13 games at defensive tackle, recording 64 tackles, eight sacks and an interception. He was named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2013, Williams was moved from tackle to defensive end. After recording 74 tackles and six sacks, Williams was a named a first-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection and was an All-American by ESPN. As a junior in 2014, he recorded 80 tackles and seven sacks. He was named Team MVP, first-team All-Pac-12 and was an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and ESPN.
After his junior season, Williams announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2015 NFL draft.
In May 2014, Williams was projected a top-4 selection in the 2015 NFL draft by various mock drafts. By October 2014, Williams was projected as a top-3 selection. In the months leading up to the draft Williams was regularly the 2nd pick in mock drafts, but in the final weeks most experts predicted that Marcus Mariota would instead be the 2nd pick, with Williams subsequently falling to 3–5th place.
Williams was selected by the New York Jets sixth overall in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. He was the highest selected USC defensive lineman since Darrell Russell in 1997. Williams signed a four-year, $18.6 million contract on May 8, 2015. During his third preseason game against the interleague-rival New York Giants on August 29, 2015, Williams left the game with an apparent knee injury. X-Rays and MRIs were both negative, revealing no ligament damage. On September 7, 2015, he had his jersey number switched to #92 from #62. On his regular season debut against the Cleveland Browns on September 13, 2015, Williams made a total of five tackles. On the December 6, 2015, Williams recorded his first sack in a Giants–Jets rivalry game. In 16 games of his rookie year in 2015, Williams made 63 tackles with three sacks. He was named to the PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team for the 2015 season.