Dokie Williams
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | August 25, 1960 Oceanside, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | El Camino (Oceanside, California) | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 5 / pick: 138 | ||||||||
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Darryl Eugene "Dokie" Williams (born August 25, 1960) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders from 1983 to 1987.
Early life
[edit]At El Camino High School in Oceanside, California, Williams was a top football and track and field athlete. He was the CIF California State Meet champion in the triple jump in 1977. In 1978, he repeated in the triple jump and added the long jump title while also finishing fourth in the 100 yard dash.[1]
College career
[edit]Williams began his career at UCLA where he was a wide receiver where he lettered in football in all four years. Williams graduated in 1983. He also participated on the track and field team, where he is number two in the triple jump on the team's all-time list behind former world record holder (and Oceanside product) Willie Banks.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Williams was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders with the 138th pick in the fifth round of the 1983 NFL draft. He played five seasons in the NFL, all of which with the Raiders. Williams won a Super Bowl ring with the Raiders in 1983. After the 1987 season, he requested to be traded.
On April 24, 1988, the Raiders traded Williams and their 1988 second- and fourth-round draft picks to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for the 49ers 1988 first-round selection (No. 26 overall).[3][4] He was waived by the 49ers on August 26, 1988.[3]
He signed with the San Diego Chargers on May 11, 1989. He was released on September 5, 1989.[3]
Williams was signed by the Seattle Seahawks on April 24, 1990 but was later released on August 26, 1990.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Williams is now one of the girl's varsity coaches at Escondido High School, along with his older brother Cris Williams.[citation needed]
NFL career statistics
[edit]| Legend | |
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| Won the Super Bowl | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1983 | RAI | 16 | 0 | 14 | 259 | 18.5 | 50 | 3 |
| 1984 | RAI | 16 | 2 | 22 | 509 | 23.1 | 75 | 4 |
| 1985 | RAI | 16 | 16 | 48 | 925 | 19.3 | 55 | 5 |
| 1986 | RAI | 15 | 15 | 43 | 843 | 19.6 | 53 | 8 |
| 1987 | RAI | 11 | 5 | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 33 | 5 |
| 74 | 38 | 148 | 2,866 | 19.4 | 75 | 25 | ||
Playoffs
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1983 | RAI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | RAI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | RAI | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ "ALL-TIME TOP-10" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Dokie Williams NFL Transactions". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
- ^ Smith, Scott (April 26, 2022). "What Would a First-Round Trade Cost/Earn the Bucs?". Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
External links
[edit]Media related to Dokie Williams at Wikimedia Commons
- 1960 births
- Living people
- American football wide receivers
- UCLA Bruins football players
- UCLA Bruins men's track and field athletes
- Los Angeles Raiders players
- Players of American football from Oceanside, California
- Track and field athletes from California
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- San Francisco 49ers players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Seattle Seahawks players