Duke Williams (American football)

Not to be confused with D'haquille Williams.

Duke Williams

refer to caption Williams in the 2014 NFL season
No. 27 Buffalo Bills
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1990-10-15) October 15, 1990
Place of birth:	Monroe, Louisiana
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Reno (NV) Hug
College:	Nevada
NFL draft:	2013 / Round: 4 / Pick: 105
Career history
Buffalo Bills (2013–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-MWC (2012) Second-team All-WAC (2011)
Career NFL statistics as of 2015
Total tackles: 87 Sacks: 1.0 Forced fumbles: 1 Fumble recoveries: 3 Interceptions: 1 Defensive touchdowns: 1 Player stats at NFL.com

Michael "Duke" Williams (born October 15, 1990) is an American football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bills in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nevada.

High school

Williams attended Hug High School in Reno, Nevada, and played high school football for the Hug Hawks. He was a three-sport standout who earned 12 varsity letters in his career in football, basketball and track and field. He played both ways as a quarterback and defensive back, and was the Northern Nevada Player of the Year as a senior and a three-time all-state selection as a safety.

Duke was also an accomplished athlete, he competed for the school's track & field team as a jumper and sprinter. He won the 100 meters at the 2009 Northwest Invite, setting a career-best time of 11.34 seconds. He won the triple jump at the 2009 Fallon Elks Invitational, with a personal-best jump of 15.20 meters, that ranked in the top 10 in the nation that year. He was also a member of the 4 x 100-meter relay team that broke the state record with a time of 41.34 seconds.

Rated as only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, his only scholarship offer came from University of Nevada, Reno, which he accepted.

College career

Williams enrolled in the University of Nevada, Reno, where he played for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team from 2009 to 2012. As a true freshman in 2009, playing as a key member on special teams and sparingly, he recorded 28 tackles. In 2010, he started 10 games and played in 13 for the Wolf Pack. He was third on the team with 74 tackles on the year, including 4.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions. As a junior, he earned all-conference honors for the first time in his career as he was named to the second team. He started all 13 games, and was third on the team overall with 78 tackles, including five tackles for loss, six pass deflections and an interception. In his senior season, he finished with a career high 106 tackles, including 5.5 for loss, nine pass deflections, eight pass breakups and an interception. He earned second team all-conference honors in his last season.

Professional career

NFL Draft

He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round, with the 105th pick overall, of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Buffalo Bills

On May 10, 2013, he signed a four-year contract with the Bills. On November 24, 2014, he recorded his first career interception against the New York Jets on a throw from Michael Vick. On November 12, 2015 he got his first NFL touchdown in a fumble recovery against the Jets.

NFL stats

Year	Team	GP	COMB	TOTAL	AST	SACK	FF	FR	FR YDS	INT	IR YDS	AVG IR	LNG	TD	PD
2013	BUF	16	07	05	02	0.0	0	0	00	0	00	00	00	0	0
2014	BUF	16	53	39	14	0.0	1	2	03	1	34	34	34	0	3
2015	BUF	14	26	23	03	1.0	0	1	19	0	00	00	00	0	1
Career		46	86	67	19	1.0	1	3	0	1	34	34	34	0	4

Key

• GP: games played
• COMB: combined tackles
• TOTAL: total tackles
• AST: assisted tackles
• SACK: sacks
• FF: forced fumbles
• FR: fumble recoveries
• FR YDS: fumble return yards
• INT: interceptions
• IR YDS: interception return yards
• AVG IR: average interception return
• LNG: longest interception return
• TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
• PD: passes defended

External links

• Buffalo Bills bio
• Nevada Wolfpack bio