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ASU: : One of the toughest players in the country...a fierce hitter...a candidate for postseason honors...one of six players on the Sun Devil roster who has already earned his undergraduate degree...was recognized as a Hard Hat Player for his work in ASU's winter strength and conditioning program. 2001: Played in 11 games, starting 10...honored with the Sun Devil Valor Award, given for courage or great team play...named honorable mention All-Pac-10 for the second consecutive season...earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for the week of Oct. 20 for game against Oregon State...tied for third leading tackler on the team with 52...32 unassisted tackles...had six tackles for loss...added three sacks for 26 yards...had two interceptions for 60 yards...had season-high interception return of 57 yards against Washington...broke up three passes on the year...recovered one fumble...forced two fumbles...had seven tackles, one for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery against San Jose State. 2000: Honorable-mention All-Pac-10 selection...started all 12 games at free safety...finished third on the team and eighth in the Pac-10 with 94 tackles...had 66 unassisted take-downs...turned in four double-digit efforts in tackles in four of the last five games...four tackles went for a loss of 13 yards...also turned in two sacks for eight yards...had one 28-yard interception and three pass breakups...also recovered a pair of fumbles and forced two more...had six tackles, five unassisted, vs. San Diego State...turned in seven solo stops vs. Colorado State, one for a loss, and a pass deflection...had seven tackles at UCLA...also forced and recovered a fumble vs. the Bruins...recorded eight tackles vs. California...made seven tackles vs. Washington, including two sacks for eight yards...had eight tackles vs. Washington State...turned in 11 tackles vs. Oregon, nine unassisted...made 12 tackles, seven unassisted, vs. USC...led ASU vs. Arizona with 11 tackles, nine of them solo efforts...also led ASU in tackles in the Aloha Bowl with 10 tackles...also hauled in an 11-yard interception vs. Boston College. 1999: Earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honors by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ... started seven of the 11 games he played in as recurring stingers limited his action and forced him to sit out the Oregon game ... ranked sixth on the team in tackles with 50 ... forced two fumbles and had four TFL...recovered a fumble in his career debut, a start vs. Texas Tech ... with ASU down 24-14 early in the fourth quarter against UCLA, he forced a huge fumble deep in Bruin territory to help spark the Sun Devils' come-from-behind 28-27 victory ... tallied a career-best 10 tackles in ASU's 28-7 win at Washington, forcing a fumble with a vicious hit. 1998: Saw his first action as a Sun Devil in the season opener against Washington...registered his first career tackle in the season-opener against Washington, pinning the Huskies at their own 11-yard line on a kickoff...played in two games before stingers forced him into a medical redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner in football and track... Tacoma News Tribune "Western 100"... PrepStar All-Regional Team... second team all-Seaview League... 1996 and 1997 Irvine World News Player of the Week...all-Orange County Team in track and field in 1997.
PERSONAL:Has earned his bachelor's degree in English (literature) ... born in the Naval Hospital on the United States Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton...parents are Alfred Sr. (Chief Warrant Officer USMC) and Theresa Williams (Revenue Officer for Internal Revenue Service) of Irvine, Calif....has two brothers, Damon Thompson and Rashad Williams... hobbies are playing the saxaphone and drawing... full name is Alfred Williams II.
CAREER HIGHS: Unassisted Tackles: 9, at Arizona (11/24/00). Assisted Tackles: 6, at Notre Dame (10/9/99). Total Tackles: 12, vs. USC (11/4/00). Interceptions: 1, three times, last vs. Washington (10/27/01).
Williams' Career Statistics
Year G/GS UT/AT TT TFL/Yds Sacks/Yds PD FF FR Int
1998* 2/0 0/1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0
1999 11/7 29/21 50 4/16 1/7 1 2 1 0
2000 12/12 66/28 94 4/13 2/8 3 2 2 1
2001 11/10 36/16 52 6/33 3/26 1 2 1 2
Career 36/29 131/66 197 14/62 6/41 5 6 4 3
*Medical Redshirt
Williams' Game-by-Game Statistics
2001
Opp. UT/AT TT TFL/Yds. Sacks/Yds Int. PD
San Diego State 2/0 2 1/8 1.0/8 0 0
at Stanford 2/1 3 0/0 0/0 0 0
San Jose State 3/4 7 1/2 0/0 0 0
La-Lafayette 3/2 5 0/0 0/0 1-3 1
at USC 4/0 4 0/0 0/0 0 0
Oregon State 6/2 8 1/2 0/0 0 0
Washington 4/2 6 1/3 0/0 1-57 1
at Oregon 3/1 4 0/0 0/0 0 1
Washington State 2/1 3 1/10 1/10 0 0
Arizona 4/1 5 1/8 1/8 0 0
at UCLA 5/0 5 0/0 0/0 0 0
2000
Opp. UT/AT TT TFL/Yds.Sacks/Yds Int. PD
at San Diego State 5/1 6 0/0 0/0 0 1
Colorado State 7/0 7 1/1 0/0 0 1
Utah State 2/2 4 0/0 0/0 0 0
at UCLA 5/2 7 0/0 0/0 0 0
California 5/3 8 0/0 0/0 0 0
Washington 4/3 7 1/8 2/8 0 0
at Washington State 5/3 8 0/0 0/0 0 0
Oregon 9/2 11 1/1 0/0 0 0
USC 7/5 12 0/0 0/0 0 0
at Stanford 3/0 3 0/0 0/0 0 0
at Arizona 9/2 11 1/3 0/0 0 0
vs. Boston College 5/5 10 0/0 0/0 1 1
1999
Opp. AT UT TT PD
Texas Tech 3 1 4 0
New Mexico St. 2 4 6 0
@California 1 1 2 0
UCLA 5 2 7 0
@Notre Dame 6 3 9 0
@Washington 3 7 10 0
Washington St. 0 0 0 0
@Oregon -DNP-
@USC 0 1 1 0
Stanford 0 0 0 0
Arizona 1 6 7 1
Wake Forest 0 4 4 0
