# Brian Williams (cornerback)

Brian Williams (born July 2, 1979) is an American former professional football cornerback. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL draft. He played college football at North Carolina State.
He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons, and New York Giants.

## College career

Williams attended North Carolina State University and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he was a three-year starter for as a cornerback and finished his collegiate career with 262 tackles (nine for loss), 5 interceptions, 20 passes defensed, 1 sack, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble, and 5 blocked kicks.

## Professional career
### Minnesota Vikings

Williams was selected in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings.

### Jacksonville Jaguars

On March 11, 2006, he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an unrestricted free agent.
The Jaguars released Williams on September 5, 2009.

### Atlanta Falcons

Williams signed with the Atlanta Falcons on September 6, 2009. On October 18, in a Sunday night game against the Chicago Bears, Williams tore his ACL defending a pass. Williams was out for the remainder of the 2009 season. After the 2009 season, Williams became an unrestricted free agent. The Falcons re-signed him on March 4, 2010, to a one-year contract.

### New York Giants

On August 24, 2011, Williams signed with the New York Giants, but he was released on October 5, 2011.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| | Led the league |
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 2002 | MIN | 16 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | MIN | 16 | 16 | 79 | 63 | 16 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 205 | 1 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIN | 16 | 16 | 76 | 63 | 13 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | MIN | 14 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | JAX | 15 | 15 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | JAX | 14 | 14 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | JAX | 16 | 16 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | ATL | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 0 |
| 2010 | ATL | 16 | 1 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 2011 | NYG | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 132 | 99 | 508 | 416 | 92 | 5.0 | 23 | 19 | 323 | 1 | 77 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 0 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
| 2004 | MIN | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | JAX | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |