Domanick Williams (born Davis; October 1, 1980), known during the majority of his playing career as Domanick Davis, is an American former professional football player who was a running back for three seasons with the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for four seasons with the LSU Tigers.
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | October 1, 1980 Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Breaux Bridge (LA) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2003 / round: 4 / pick: 101 | ||||||||||||||
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Career
editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (January 2019) |
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
213 lb (97 kg) |
30 in (0.76 m) |
9 in (0.23 m) |
4.63 s | 1.63 s | 2.72 s | 4.47 s | 7.32 s | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) |
9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
22 reps | |
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Davis played college football for the LSU Tigers. In his four-year career there, he rushed for 2056 yards and 20 touchdowns,[2] including four touchdowns in the 2002 Sugar Bowl.[3]
Davis was drafted by Houston in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft.[4] He was named the 2003 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, an award created in 2002, in which fans vote online from a pool of five candidates to determine the winner. He rushed for 1,000+ yards in his first two seasons in the NFL (2003 and 2004) while scoring 22 touchdowns. As a result, he received a contract extension before the start of the 2005 season. Prior to the extension, Davis was scheduled to make $385,000 in 2005. The extension called for a payout of $22 million over the life of the deal, with $8 million in guaranteed money.[5]
In 2005, Davis rushed for 976 yards in the first 11 games before suffering a knee injury and being placed on injured reserve. He did not play during the 2006 season, and was released by the Texans on March 22, 2007.[6]
NFL career statistics
edit| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Y/G | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fmb | Lost | ||
| 2003 | HOU | 14 | 10 | 238 | 1,031 | 4.3 | 73.6 | 51 | 8 | 47 | 351 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | HOU | 15 | 15 | 302 | 1,188 | 3.9 | 79.2 | 44 | 13 | 68 | 588 | 8.6 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | HOU | 11 | 11 | 230 | 976 | 4.2 | 88.7 | 44 | 2 | 39 | 337 | 8.6 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 40 | 36 | 770 | 3,195 | 4.1 | 79.9 | 51 | 23 | 154 | 1,276 | 8.3 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
Personal life
editHe changed his surname from Davis to Williams in late 2006.[7]
(on changing his name from Domanick Davis) “And it will be number 31, Domanick Williams. I just had to make a change. I wasn’t really a Davis the whole time, but I have kids of my own and I needed to do what was right.”
(more on the name change) “I just changed Davis to Williams. I wasn’t really a (Davis). It was my older brother’s Dad’s last name and whatever happened I ended up with Davis. So now that I have kids of my own, a little boy and a little girl, ‘Spike’ (Domanick, Jr.) and Lina, I have to change my name to what it really is, and it’s Williams.”
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References
edit- ^ "Domanick Williams, LSU, RB, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com.
- ^ "Domanick Davis College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "2002 Game Recap". allstatesugarbowl.org. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- ^ Pasquarelli, Len (August 6, 2005). "Davis gets four-year extension from Houston". ESPN.
- ^ "Texans release former No. 1 pick Carr". ESPN. AP. March 23, 2007.
- ^ "What's in a name? Plenty". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 2007. pp. 4–8. Retrieved January 21, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Latest News". houstontexans.com. [dead link]