David Williams ( offensive lineman ) David Wayne Williams ( born June 21 , 1966 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League ( NFL ) for nine seasons during the 1980s and 1990s . Williams played college football for the University of Florida . He was a first - round pick in the 1989 NFL Draft , and played professionally for the Houston Oilers and the New York Jets of the NFL . Early life . Williams was born in Mulberry , Florida in 1966 . He attended Lakeland High School in Lakeland , Florida , where he was an offensive lineman for the Lakeland Dreadnaughts high school football team . While he played for the Dreadnaughts , the team won a district championship in 1983 , and regional championships in 1982 and 1984 . He and was named a " Parade " magazine and " USA Today " All - American after his senior season . Williams was inducted into the Lakeland High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 . In 2007 , twenty - two years after he graduated from high school , the Florida High School Athletic Association ( FHSAA ) recognized Williams as one of the " 100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years " of Florida high school football . College career . After graduating from high school , Williams received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , where he played for coach Galen Hall ' s Florida Gators football team from 1985 to 1988 . As a freshman starter , he was a member of the Gators ' 1985 team that finished with an overall win - loss record of 9 – 1 – 1 and a best - in - the - conference record of 5 – 1 . Williams started every game during his four - year college career . He was a first - team All - Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) selection in 1988 , a second - team All - American in 1987 and 1988 , and a team captain in 1988 . Williams was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a " Gator Great " in 1999 . In one of a series of articles published by " The Gainesville Sun " in 2006 , the " Sun " sports editors ranked him as the No . 27 all - time greatest Gator from the first century of Florida football . Professional career . Williams was selected in the first round ( twenty - third pick overall ) of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers , and he was an offensive tackle for the Oilers for seven seasons from to . He played in twenty - nine of thirty - two games during his rookie and second seasons , and became a full - time starter in the first game of his third season . Williams played his final two NFL seasons for the New York Jets in and . He retired from professional football after the season . For all of his on - the - field accomplishments , Williams ' NFL career is often remembered for an off - the - field episode during the season known as " babygate . " During his fifth season with the Oilers , his wife Debi went into labor with their first child on the Saturday before an Oilers away game against the New England Patriots , and did not give birth until it was too late for Williams to either fly on the team ' s plane or get a commercial flight to catch up with the team . The Oilers fined Williams and deducted $ 111 , 111 from his pay for the missed game , and Oilers owner Bud Adams publicly criticized him for having misplaced priorities . A public firestorm ensued , with the Oilers receiving a large share of fan and media criticism , and an informal precedent was set that future teams in similar circumstances would handle such matters differently . During his nine - season NFL career , Williams played in 128 regular season games , and started in 106 of them .