Mike Williams (former Bucs WR) dead [confirmed, 9/12] at 36
 

Former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams reportedly died on Tuesday at the age of 36.

Spectrum News in Buffalo reports that Williams was working at a construction site when he suffered injuries in an accident.

Williams, a Buffalo native, attended Syracuse University, and as a true freshman in 2006, he led the team with 461 receiving yards. He was an all-Big East selection the following season, but was suspended for the 2008 season for academic reasons.

In seven games in 2009, he caught 49 balls for 746 yards and seven touchdowns but quit the team due to a possible suspension after he violated team rules following a car accident.

Nonetheless, he was still a fourth-round selection by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2010 NFL Draft, and he impressed quickly.

In his rookie season, he led the team with 964 receiving yards, and his 65 receptions were one shy of tying the team lead. He also scored 11 times, the most on the team, and his impressive campaign was good for a second-place honor for Offensive Rookie of the Year behind Sam Bradford.

The Bucs signed him to an extension worth close to $40 million before the 2013 campaign, but he played in just six games that year and was then traded to his hometown Buffalo Bills, where he spent one season.

In 2015, he was supposed to be suspended for the first six games of the season, but he remained a free agent throughout the year.

He was on the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad in 2016.

Williams' 20 touchdowns at Syracuse are tied for the second-most in school history, along with Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison.

In his professional career, he totaled 223 receptions for 3,089 yards and 26 touchdowns.


https://www.foxnews.com/sports/forme...dead-36-report

Apparently he's actually alive, though not doing well.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-...215632733.html

tldr; he's in an induced coma and paralyzed in three limbs, and they'll try to bring him out of the coma today (?).

damn

That would be a rough way to go out in life.

It seems the reports of his demise have been slightly exaggerated

Not to be confused with the Mike Williams who ate himself out of Detroit or Mike Williams the brokedick Chargers WR.

I'm glad he's not dead. Hope he recovers well.

It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. Mostly dead means partially alive.

Hope he recovers or goes out in peace

How does a dude who signed a 40 million dollar deal end up working construction.

Probably blew all his money.

Duh.

His dad owns the company

I did a service call at his house in Tampa when he played for the Bucs. As I was wrapping things up, he pulled up and his wife told me to hang on and she'd get him to sign a ball for me. She went out to talk to him as I was putting away my tools. As she was signing the bill, she apologized and said he told her he didn't feel like signing anything. I kept it professional and said it was no problem and walked out to my van (I honestly didn't care, but it would've been cool) He sat in his suv until I pulled away.

Hopefully he recovers, but **** him

"The Ghost Tribe has several levels of dead. Someone's not dead until they're completely dead" - Captain Monroe Kelly

What a shame...a beam fell on his head. No report on whether it was a rustic wood beam in a residence, or steel beam for a commercial build. Tragic either way.