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Garrett Alexander Williams (born June 1, 2001) is an American professional football cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Syracuse.
| No. 21 – Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | June 1, 2001 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Hickory Ridge (Harrisburg, North Carolina) | ||||||||
| College: | Syracuse (2019–2022) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2023 / round: 3 / pick: 72 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||
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Williams grew up in Harrisburg, North Carolina, and attended Hickory Ridge High School.[1] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Syracuse University.[2][3]
Williams played in three games as a true freshman before redshirting the rest of the season.[4] He became a starter going into his redshirt freshman season and was named honorable mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) after making 64 tackles with a conference-leading 12 passes defended and two interceptions.[5] He was also named to the Freshman All-America team by The Athletic.[6] Williams again led the ACC with ten passes broken up and also had 52 tackles and five tackles for loss in 2021.[7][8] Williams was elected captain in 2022 and made 36 tackles through seven games, had three total turnovers and one sack.[9]
Over the four years, Williams played 32 games, made 152 tackles, and had four interceptions, one of which was a pick-6 on Trevor Lawrence, his only pick-six at Clemson.[9]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Bench press | ||||||||
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| 5 ft 10+3⁄8 in (1.79 m) |
192 lb (87 kg) |
31 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 19 reps | ||||||||
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The Arizona Cardinals selected Williams with the 72nd overall pick in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft.[9][12][13] He began the 2023 season on the reserve/non-football injury list while he recovered from a torn ACL suffered in college.[14] He was activated on October 21, 2023.[15] As a rookie, he appeared in nine games and started six. He finished with 23 total tackles (19 solo), one interception and two passes defended.[16]
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