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  Seth Williams

Seth Williams

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Fayetteville, N.C.

High School:
Cape Fear

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 185

Position:
DB

  • Updated Career Statistics

    2009: Selected as one of four senior captains for the 2009 season.

    2008: Picked off a career-best three passes in Richmond's win at App. State in the NCAA Quarterfinals as the Spiders picked seven total passes in that game... Finished the year with 48 tackles and four INTs... Recorded 13 total tackles, a fumble recovery and three interceptions in the Spiders four-game playoff run to the National Chamopionship... His season-high of five stops came in the EKU victory in the NCAA First Round.

    2007: Third Team All-CAA Football... Finished as the team's third-leading tackler with 97, while his 66 solo stops were a team high... Started all 14 games at defensive back... Had no fewer than five tackles in any game... Was one of three Spiders to record a team-leading two interceptions (Stephen Howell and Andrew Harris)... Turned in one of the biggest defensive plays of the season by picking off a Joe Flacco pass and returning it 44 yards for a TD in the No. 6 Delaware win... That interception return for a TD came with 16 seconds remaining in the first half and gave the Spiders a 24-21 lead at the half... It was one of two interceptions returned for a TD by the Spiders in 2007 (Patrick Weldon) -- both were 44-yard returns... Forced a fumble and picked off a pass in the Bucknell win... Tied his career-high with 12 tackles (nine solo) in the Stony Brook win... Had 11 stops (eight solo) in the victory over No. 23 New Hampshire... Was in on 10 tackles in the NCAA Quarterfinal win over No. 11 Wofford... His first career sack came in the William & Mary win.

    2006: Started three games before being sidelined with an injury for the remainder of the season... Collected 16 tackles... Williams was part of a secondary that ranked third in the A-10 and 36th nationally in pass efficiency defense (117.35 yards/game).

    2005: Helped the Spider defense rank fourth in the conference and 38th in the country in total defense (339.3 yd/game)... Was part of a Spider defensive squad which also ranked fourth in the conference and 22nd in the nation against the rush (120.1 yd/game)... Played in 11 games for the Spiders... Named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week, Nov. 13 after making his first career interception and returning it 53 yards in the Spiders' win over Towson... Finished the season with 26 total tackles... Recovered one fumble..

    High School: A first team All-Two Rivers Conference selection at wide receiver and defensive back... Two-time Fayetteville Observer Athlete of the Week... Conference champion in the 100m, 200m and 4x100 meter relay team as a junior... Played for head coach Mark Heil.

    Personal: Son of Christine Williams and Jimmy Melvin. Born Oct. 24, 1986.

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