Teddy Williams

Teddy Williams Jr (born July 3, 1988) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers. He did not play college football, but was an Olympic caliber world class four-time NCAA All American sprinter at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Early years Williams attended John Tyler High School, where he competed in football, track and baseball. In football, he was a three-time All-district selection at wide receiver and received second-team All-state honors as a junior. He received second-team all-state honors as a junior and was a three-time all-district performer in football. As a senior, he suffered a serious ankle injury, that impacted his playing time and his scholarship offers. College career Williams accepted a track and field scholarship for the University of Texas at San Antonio. As a sophomore in 2008, he began to catch his stride. He finished the indoor season ranked #10 in the nation in the indoor 60m with a time of 6.66 seconds. The propelled Williams into a ground breaking outdoor season which saw him drop a personal best at the time of 10.16 at the 2008 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships, and he also earned his first All American honor finishing 7th in an Olympic caliber loaded field at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Drake University in Iowa. Later that summer Williams was invited to compete in the 2008 USA Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon. He finished 10th overall and was invited to represent Team USA in Toluca, Mexico and run on the 4x100m relay. Williams and company blazed around the track in Mexico to a World leading time of 38.30 seconds. With that time the quartet was invited to Beijing, China to represent Team USA in the preliminary round of the 4x100m relay. Due to a batched exchange in the finals of the event, Team USA was disqualified, thus ending Williams' chance of bringing home an Olympic medal.