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Doug Williams

Douglas Lee Williams

Position: QB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: August 9, 1955 in Zachary, LA
College: Grambling State

Career AV: 56 (1053rd overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1978 23 TAM QB 12 10 10 4-6-0 73 194 37.6 1170 7 3.6 8 4.1 56 6.0 4.9 16.0 117.0 53.4 6 69 5.5 4.4 3.0 5
1979 24 TAM QB 12 16 16 10-6-0 166 397 41.8 2448 18 4.5 24 6.0 66 6.2 4.4 14.7 153.0 52.5 7 57 5.9 4.1 1.7 7
1980 25 TAM QB 12 16 16 5-10-1 254 521 48.8 3396 20 3.8 16 3.1 61 6.5 5.9 13.4 212.3 69.9 23 194 5.9 5.3 4.2 11
1981 26 TAM QB 12 16 16 9-7-0 238 471 50.5 3563 19 4.0 14 3.0 84 7.6 7.0 15.0 222.7 76.8 18 135 7.0 6.5 3.7 13
1982 27 TAM QB 12 9 9 5-4-0 164 307 53.4 2071 9 2.9 11 3.6 62 6.7 5.7 12.6 230.1 69.6 11 128 6.1 5.1 3.5 13
1986 31 WAS 17 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
1987 32 WAS 17 5 2 0-2-0 81 143 56.6 1156 11 7.7 5 3.5 62 8.1 8.0 14.3 231.2 94.0 7 53 7.4 7.3 4.7 4
1988 33 WAS QB 17 11 10 4-6-0 213 380 56.1 2609 15 3.9 12 3.2 58 6.9 6.2 12.2 237.2 77.4 10 88 6.5 5.8 2.6 8
1989 34 WAS 17 4 2 1-1-0 51 93 54.8 585 1 1.1 3 3.2 46 6.3 5.1 11.5 146.3 64.1 2 10 6.1 4.8 2.1 2
Career 88 81 38-42-1 1240 2507 49.5 16998 100 4.0 93 3.7 84 6.8 5.9 13.7 193.2 69.4 84 734 6.3 5.4 3.2 63
5 yrs TAM 67 67 33-33-1 895 1890 47.4 12648 73 3.9 73 3.9 84 6.7 5.7 14.1 188.8 66.2 65 583 6.2 5.2 3.3 49
4 yrs WAS 21 14 5-9-0 345 617 55.9 4350 27 4.4 20 3.2 62 7.1 6.5 12.6 207.1 79.1 19 151 6.6 6.0 3.0 14

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1979 (1-1), 1981 (0-1), 1982 (0-1), 1987 (3-0)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1978 23 TAM QB 12 10 10 4-6-0 194 85 100 96 104 48 95 112 129 82
1979 24 TAM QB 12 16 16 10-6-0 397 85 103 83 94 57 104 84 138 74
1980 25 TAM QB 12 16 16 5-10-1 521 90 99 101 107 78 95 119 117 96
1981 26 TAM QB 12 16 16 9-7-0 471 112 122 117 123 83 98 119 121 105
1982 27 TAM QB 12 9 9 5-4-0 307 93 103 97 102 92 86 110 123 94
1987 32 WAS 17 5 2 0-2-0 143 123 129 127 131 106 137 106 116 126
1988 33 WAS QB 17 11 10 4-6-0 380 97 110 102 110 103 98 110 129 103
1989 34 WAS 17 4 2 1-1-0 93 84 101 86 95 98 64 107 133 85
Career 88 81 38-42-1 2507 96 108 101 109 81 98 109 125 95

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1978 23 TAM QB 12 10 10 27 23 1 7 0.9 2.3 2.7 23 1 5
1979 24 TAM QB 12 16 16 35 119 2 16 3.4 7.4 2.2 119 2 2
1980 25 TAM QB 12 16 16 58 370 4 27 6.4 23.1 3.6 370 4 7
1981 26 TAM QB 12 16 16 48 209 4 29 4.4 13.1 3.0 209 4 9
1982 27 TAM QB 12 9 9 35 158 2 14 4.5 17.6 3.9 158 2 9
1987 32 WAS 17 5 2 7 9 1 7 1.3 1.8 1.4 9 1 3
1988 33 WAS QB 17 11 10 9 0 1 4 0.0 0.0 0.8 0 1 6
1989 34 WAS 17 4 2 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -1.0 0.3 -4 0 0
Career 88 81 220 884 15 29 4.0 10.0 2.5 884 15 41
5 yrs TAM 67 67 203 879 13 29 4.3 13.1 3.0 879 13 32
4 yrs WAS 21 14 17 5 2 7 0.3 0.2 0.8 5 2 9

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1978 23 TAM QB 12 10 10 5 2 -6 0
1979 24 TAM QB 12 16 16 2 1 -5 0
1980 25 TAM QB 12 16 16 7 2 0 0
1981 26 TAM QB 12 16 16 9 3 -31 0
1982 27 TAM QB 12 9 9 9 4 0 0
1987 32 WAS 17 5 2 3 0 0 0
1988 33 WAS QB 17 11 10 6 0 0 0
Career 88 81 41 12 -42 0
5 yrs TAM 67 67 32 12 -42 0
4 yrs WAS 21 14 9 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978 23 TAM QB 12 10 10 1 1 6
1979 24 TAM QB 12 16 16 2 2 12
1980 25 TAM QB 12 16 16 4 4 24
1981 26 TAM QB 12 16 16 4 4 24
1982 27 TAM QB 12 9 9 2 2 12
1987 32 WAS 17 5 2 1 1 6
1988 33 WAS QB 17 11 10 1 1 6
Career 88 81 15 15 90
5 yrs TAM 67 67 13 13 78
4 yrs WAS 21 14 2 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1987 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Passes Completed

1982 NFL 164 (7)
Career 1240 (120)

Pass Attempts

1980 NFL 521 (4)
1981 NFL 471 (10)
1982 NFL 307 (5)
Career 2507 (102)

Passing Yds

1980 NFL 3396 (8)
1981 NFL 3563 (9)
1982 NFL 2071 (6)
Career 16998 (107)

Passing TD

1979 NFL 18 (10)
1980 NFL 20 (10)
Career 100 (112)

Passer Rating

Career 69.4 (148)

Long Pass

1981 NFL 84 (6)
1982 NFL 62 (10)

Passes Intercepted

1979 NFL 24 (3/56)
1982 NFL 11 (8)
Career 93 (111)

Sacked

Career 84 (151)

Sacked Yds Lost

Career 734 (136)

Passing Yds/Game

1980 NFL 212.3 (9)
1981 NFL 222.7 (10)
1982 NFL 230.1 (6)
1988 NFL 237.2 (5)
Career 193.2 (45)

Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 7.6 (7)
Career 6.8 (121)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1979 NFL 14.7 (4)
1980 NFL 13.4 (8)
1981 NFL 15.0 (2)
1982 NFL 12.6 (10)
Career 13.7 (37)

Pass Attempts/Game

1980 NFL 32.6 (4)
1982 NFL 34.1 (5)
1988 NFL 34.5 (3)
Career 28.5 (35)

Fumbles

1982 NFL 9 (3)
Career 41 (162)

Fumbles Recovered

1982 NFL 4 (1)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 7.03 (7)
Career 5.91 (95)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 7.01 (6)
1988 NFL 6.46 (9)
Career 6.28 (31)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1980 NFL 5.30 (10)
1981 NFL 6.50 (4)
1988 NFL 5.85 (9)
Career 5.43 (46)

Passes Completed/Game

1982 NFL 18.2 (7)
1988 NFL 19.4 (2)
Career 14.1 (69)

Pass Completion %

Career 49.5% (192)

Pass Intercept. %

1980 NFL 3.1% (4)
1981 NFL 3.0% (7)
1982 NFL 3.6% (9)
Career 3.7% (87)

Passing TD %

Career 4.0% (123)

Sack %

1979 NFL 1.73% (1/6)
1980 NFL 4.23% (4)
1981 NFL 3.68% (4/89)
1982 NFL 3.46% (2/72)
1988 NFL 2.56% (2/28)
Career 3.24% (4)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1978 23 10 QB 81 27
1979 24 16 QB 182 17
1980 25 16 QB 285 56 5 16
1981 26 16 QB 273 39 4 40
1982 27 9 QB 143 20 9 48
1986 31 1 QB 72
1987 32 5 QB 109 25
1988 33 11 QB 176 17
1989 34 4 QB 23 47
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