Jerrol Garcia-Williams (born December 24, 1993) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Hawaii.
 Garcia-Williams with the Broncos in 2017 | |
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| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 24, 1993 Wooster, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Palo Verde (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| College: | Hawaii |
| Undrafted: | 2017 |
| Career history | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Early life edit
Garcia-Williams attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, finishing with 84 tackles, seven sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior.
College career edit
Garcia-Williams appeared in 45 games (26 starts) at the University of Hawaii, totaling 222 tackles (148 solo), 3.5 sacks, one pass defensed and three fumble recoveries. He saw action in 10 games (3 starts) as a redshirt senior, posting 31 tackles (24 solo). He started 9-of-10 games played as a junior, finishing second on the team with 89 tackles (55 solo) in addition to recording 1.5 sacks. Garcia-Williams started the first two games of the season in 2014 before suffering a season-ending knee injury and earning a medical redshirt.[1]
Professional career edit
Garcia-Williams signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017.[2] He was waived by the Broncos on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[3][4] He was promoted to the active roster on October 21, 2017.[5] He appeared in 11 games, posting one solo tackle and one special-teams stop.
On March 13, 2018, Garcia-Williams was tendered by the Broncos.[6] On April 23, he signed the exclusive rights tender.[7] On August 28, 2018, he suffered a torn ACL on the practice field and was ruled out for the season.[8] He was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2018.[9] On March 7, 2019, The Broncos decided not tender linebacker Jerrol Garcia-Williams.[10]
Personal edit
His father, Jerrol Williams, was an NFL linebacker with Pittsburgh (1989–92), San Diego (1993), Kansas City (1994) and Baltimore (1996).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b http://files.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/Images/email_blast/2018_Denver_Broncos_Media_Guide_a.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Mason, Andrew (May 13, 2017). "Broncos announce college free-agent signings". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ Mason, Andrew (September 2, 2017). "Broncos trim roster at deadline". DenverBroncos.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ DiLalla, Aric (September 4, 2017). "Broncos announce initial practice-squad roster". DenverBroncos.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ DiLalla, Aric (October 21, 2017). "Broncos make slew of roster moves ahead of Sunday's game vs. Chargers". DenverBroncos.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ DiLalla, Aric (March 13, 2018). "Broncos place second-round tenders on RFAs Shaquil Barrett, Matt Paradis; tender seven ERFAs". DenverBroncos.com.
- ^ DiLalla, Aric (April 23, 2018). "Shaquil Barrett signs restricted free agent tender, Garcia-Williams signs ERFA tender". DenverBroncos.com.
- ^ "Broncos' Jerrol Garcia-Williams out for year with torn ACL". MileHighReport.com. August 29, 2018.
- ^ DiLalla, Aric (September 1, 2018). "Broncos trim roster to 53 players". DenverBroncos.com.
- ^ Williams, Charean (March 7, 2019). "Broncos tender four but not Jerrol Garcia-Williams". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com.
External links edit
Media related to Jerrol Garcia-Williams at Wikimedia Commons- Hawaii Rainbow Warriors bio
- Denver Broncos bio
