Domanick Williams (bornDavis; October 1, 1980), known during the majority of his playing career asDomanick Davis, is an American former professionalfootball player who was arunning back for three seasons with theHouston Texans of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for four seasons with theLSU Tigers.
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| Born: | (1980-10-01)October 1, 1980 (age 44) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Breaux Bridge (LA) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2003: 4th round, 101st pick | ||||||||||||||
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Career
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| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 213 lb (97 kg) | 30 in (0.76 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.63 s | 1.63 s | 2.72 s | 4.47 s | 7.32 s | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | 22 reps | |
| All values fromNFL Combine.[1] | ||||||||||||
Davis played college football for theLSU Tigers. In his four-year career there, he rushed for 2056 yards and 20 touchdowns,[2] including four touchdowns in the2002 Sugar Bowl.[3]
Davis was drafted by Houston in the fourth round of the2003 NFL draft.[4] He was named the 2003Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, an award created in 2002, in which fans vote online from a pool of five candidates to determine the winner. He rushed for 1,000+ yards in his first two seasons in the NFL (2003 and2004) while scoring 22 touchdowns. As a result, he received a contract extension before the start of the 2005 season. Prior to the extension, Davis was scheduled to make $385,000 in 2005. The extension called for a payout of $22 million over the life of the deal, with $8 million in guaranteed money.[5]
In2005, Davis rushed for 976 yards in the first 11 games before suffering a knee injury and being placed on injured reserve. He did not play during the 2006 season, and was released by the Texans on March 22, 2007.[6]
NFL career statistics
edit| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Y/G | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fmb | Lost | ||
| 2003 | HOU | 14 | 10 | 238 | 1,031 | 4.3 | 73.6 | 51 | 8 | 47 | 351 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | HOU | 15 | 15 | 302 | 1,188 | 3.9 | 79.2 | 44 | 13 | 68 | 588 | 8.6 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | HOU | 11 | 11 | 230 | 976 | 4.2 | 88.7 | 44 | 2 | 39 | 337 | 8.6 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 40 | 36 | 770 | 3,195 | 4.1 | 79.9 | 51 | 23 | 154 | 1,276 | 8.3 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
Personal life
editHe changed his surname from Davis to Williams in late 2006.[7]
(on changing his name from Domanick Davis) “And it will be number 31, Domanick Williams. I just had to make a change. I wasn’t really a Davis the whole time, but I have kids of my own and I needed to do what was right.”
(more on the name change) “I just changed Davis to Williams. I wasn’t really a (Davis). It was my older brother’s Dad’s last name and whatever happened I ended up with Davis. So now that I have kids of my own, a little boy and a little girl, ‘Spike’ (Domanick, Jr.) and Lina, I have to change my name to what it really is, and it’s Williams.”
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References
edit- ^"Domanick Williams, LSU, RB, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football".draftscout.com.
- ^"Domanick Davis College Stats".sports-reference.com. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2019.
- ^"2002 Game Recap".allstatesugarbowl.org. Archived fromthe original on January 22, 2019. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2019.
- ^"2003 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.com. RetrievedMarch 28, 2023.
- ^Pasquarelli, Len (August 6, 2005)."Davis gets four-year extension from Houston".ESPN.
- ^"Texans release former No. 1 pick Carr".ESPN.AP. March 23, 2007.
- ^"What's in a name? Plenty".Chicago Tribune. January 2, 2007. pp. 4–8. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^"Latest News".houstontexans.com.[dead link]