Perry Williams (cornerback)
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
| No. 23 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Cornerback | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | May 12, 1961 Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
Listed height | 6Â ft 2Â in (1.88Â m) | ||||||||
Listed weight | 200Â lb (91Â kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Richmond (Rockingham, North Carolina) | ||||||||
| College | NC State | ||||||||
| NFLÂ draft | 1983: 7th round, 178th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| |||||||||
* Offseason or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
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.[1]
Early life
[edit]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.[2]
College career
[edit]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.[3]
Professional career
[edit]He played for the Giants from 1984 to 1993.[4] 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.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He works at Long Island University Post (LIU) as the Director of Sports Management.