Torri Williams Torri Sherrod Williams ( born August 29 , 1986 ) is an American football safety for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League . He was signed by the Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2010 . He played college football at Purdue . Early years . Four year letterman at Leander High School in Cedar Park , Texas . Ranked as No . 51 wide receiver in nation by Rivals . com . . . All - Central Texas and unanimous first team all - district selection as senior after catching 79 passes for 1 , 841 yards ( 23 . 3 average ) and 14 touchdowns . . . came up with four interceptions . . . played on three district championship teams . . . coach was Steve Gideon . College years . He played for the Pudue University ( Boilermaker ) during his college career both as a safety and cornerback . Williams Quoting Coach Anarumo : " Allows the defense to be multi - faceted because he can play safety and cornerback . . . brings great leadership and experience to the defensive backs . " 2004 : Appeared in nine games as reserve and on special teams . . . had 14 tackles ( 13 solo , 1 assist ) , including 1 . 0 sack , with one interception and one pass breakup . . . broke up pass at Northwestern on Oct . 30 . . . came up with three tackles ( all solo ) , including sack , and interception at Iowa on Nov . 6 . . . had three tackles ( 2 solo , 1 assist ) vs . Ohio State on Nov . 13 . . . recorded season - high six tackles ( all solos ) vs . Arizona State in Sun Bowl on Dec . 31 . 2005 : Did not play after suffering broken right fibula ( lower leg ) during spring season . 2006 : Started vs . Indiana State on Sept . 2 before suffering season - ending dislocated right knee during third quarter . . . had two solo tackles prior to injury . 2007 : Appeared in seven games . . . had 17 tackles ( 11 solo , 6 assists ) , including 1 . 5 for loss and 1 . 0 sack , with two interceptions , one pass breakup and one forced fumble . . . came up with interception at Toledo on Sept . 1 . . . recorded four tackles ( all solo ) vs . Central Michigan on Sept . 15 . . . had sack vs . Notre Dame on Sept . 29 . . . had interception vs . Ohio State on Oct . 6 . . . ruptured left Achilles tendon at Michigan on Oct . 13 and was sidelined for rest of season . 2008 : Honorable mention All - Big Ten by coaches and media . . . started all 12 games . . . ranked tied for 10th in Big Ten with two forced fumbles and 11th with average of 6 . 9 tackles per game . . . shared team lead with two interceptions ( also Dwight McLean ) , two forced fumbles ( also Frank Duong and Ryan Kerrigan ) and one fumble recovery ( also nine other players ) . . . ranked second with 83 tackles ( 54 solo , 29 assists ) and third with six pass break ups . . . came up with nine tackles ( 8 solo , 1 assist ) , career - high two pass breakups and a forced fumble vs . Oregon on Sept . 13 . . . had career - high 11 tackles ( 9 solo , 2 assists ) at Northwestern on Oct . 18 . . . recorded nine tackles ( 3 solo , 6 assists ) and an interception at Michigan State on Nov . 8 . . . recovered fumble at Iowa on Nov . 15 . . . received team ' s Pop Doan Award - Defense ( top performance against Indiana ) after recording seven solo tackles , an interception and a forced fumble vs . Hoosiers on Nov . 22 . 2009 : Granted sixth year of eligibility by NCAA . . . team co - captain . Professional years . Houston Texans Rookie watch Safety Torri Williiams , an undrafted rookie from Purdue , was one of the stars of the Texans ’ Saturday morning practice at the Methodist Training Center . Williams ( 6 - 2 , 209 ) intercepted two passes , both off quarterback John David Booty , and ran one back for a touchdown . He also broke up a pass from quarterback Dan Orlovsky in the end zone . The Texans signed Williams as an undrafted free agent in 2010 and he played safety . He wound up on the practice squad and was called up to the active roster in November , then suffered a season - ending hamstring injury in his first game . “ Anybody that was out there watching him practice today saw that Torri had a couple big plays in the pass game , ” defensive backs coach David Gibbs said . “ He ’ s a true middle - of - the - field , rangy safety with excellent ball skills . He ’ s been improving every day . We knew when he first showed up in OTAs , we thought he had a chance to be a pretty good player and he had a chance to make our football team . ” “ That ’ s why he didn ’ t get drafted , ” Gibbs said . Ray Rhodes had a high opinion of him and I had a high opinion of him , too . We liked him as a player . He played corner in their nickel situations and played free safety in their base defense . Very athletic . Got really good ball skills , which you saw today in practice . ” 2011 , the Texans tried Williams at corner in their preseason finale . They released him a few days later but signed him back to the practice squad in October 2011 . " In 2012 , On Wednesday , Texans coach Gary Kubiak mentioned four young players who have stood out to him so far during organized team activities ( OTAs ) . One of those players was Torri Williams , an undrafted free agent out of Purdue in 2010 . Williams ( 6 - 2 , 210 ) is playing cornerback after being listed at safety in his first two seasons with the Texans " . “ For a guy who ’ s only played corner for a little bit of time , he ’ s showed great movement stuff , great awareness , ” Texans defensive backs coach Vance Joseph said on Thursday . “ He ’ s got some size , so I ’ m excited about Torri getting more reps in OTAs and coming into camp ready to compete . “ I think his best chance of making the team is at corner , in my opinion . And a big guy with movement skills like that , why waste him playing safety ? I think his natural position is corner , so it ’ s the best thing for Torri , and for us , obviously . ” References . http : / / www . purduesports . com / sports / m - footbl / mtt / williams _ torri00 . html http : / / blog . houstontexans . com / 2012 / 06 / 01 / torri - williams - making - most - of - opportunity - at - cb / http : / / www . houstontexans . com / news / article - 1 / Rookie - Watch - Torri - Williams / 090528FA - 66C7 - 465B - 986B - 04EAEEB2F4B6