Perry Williams (cornerback)
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| Position | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born | May 12, 1961 Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Richmond (Rockingham, North Carolina) | ||||||||
| College | NC State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1983: 7th round, 178th overall pick | ||||||||
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Perry Lamar Williams (born May 12, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL draft.
Early life
Williams attended Richmond Senior High School in Rockingham, North Carolina. He has a part of Richmond's 1978 state championship football team. Williams was inducted into the Raider Athletic Hall of Fame in 2025.[1]
College career
He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack. He also ran track for the Wolfpack's track and field team and held the 55m indoor track record in 1983 with a time of 6.22 seconds.[2]
Professional career
He played for the Giants from 1984 to 1993.[3] Williams won two Super Bowls while with the Giants.
Together with George Martin, Williams is an alum of Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham (BA 1987), as the first two Giants players to graduate from the school's NFL degree completion program.[4]
Personal life
He works at Long Island University Post (LIU) as the Director of Sports Management.
References
- ^ Pillar, Kyle. (May 12, 2025). Raider Athletics Hall of Fame inducts 2nd class. The Richmond Observer. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "NC STATE UNIVERSITY 2016-2017 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK/HISTORY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Pro Football Reference". Pro Football Reference.
- ^ Johnson, Roy S.; and Fiffer, Steve. "Sports World Specials; Giant Scholars", The New York Times, June 1, 1987. Accessed July 27, 2022. "Martin was among the 2,500 students who received bachelor's degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University in a ceremony held at the Brendon Byrne Arena.... Martin and Williams are the first Giants to attain bachelor's degrees through the Degree Completion Program for Pro Athletes, which was started at F.D.U. in 1985."