Kevin Williams (defensive tackle)

Minnesota Vikings (since 2003)

6x Pro Bowl participation (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
5x All-Pro (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 )
National Football League 2000s All- Decade Team

Kevin Williams ( born August 16, 1980 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas) is an American professional American football player at the position of the defensive tackles. He plays for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League ( NFL), and together with Pat Williams from 2005 to 2010, the so-called " Williams Wall " (Eng. " Williams Wall" ).

Career

College career and the NFL Draft

Williams attended Oklahoma State University, in whose college team, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, he was an integral part of the defense. For the Cowboys, he completed a total of 42 games and came up with 160 tackles and 18.5 Sacks. In 2002, the Oklahoma State Cowboys reached with him as a defensive tackle victory in the Houston Bowl, their second only participate in a playoff. He was subsequently in 2003 in the NFL Draft, where he undertook the Minnesota Vikings in the first round as the ninth player.

NFL Career

Kevin Williams stressed his strong college career directly in his first pro season. Get him in the season, he completed 10.5 Sacks and all games from the beginning, four of them away from its actual position as the Nose Tackle. Within the last game of the season against the Arizona Cardinals reach him five sack and an interception, earning him the distinction of being the NFC Defensive Rookie of the Month. After 11.5 Sacks 2004 he increased his record again subsided from its services in the following two seasons.

In December 2006, Williams extended his existing contract with the Vikings for another seven years. In the subsequent 2007 season he scored two touchdowns after interceptions.

2008 they found traces of a diuretic in his blood. Since this could be an indication of taking steroids, he was suspended for four games. In the 2009 season, Kevin Williams reached with the Minnesota Vikings the NFC Championship Game, where they shortly before Super Bowl XLIV failed with 28-31.

Football player (United States)
Man
Born in 1980

Oklahoma State University System National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team Pat Williams (American football) Tackle (football move) Tony Gonzalez (American football) Steve Hutchinson (American football)

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