David Williams

David Williams was a sixth round draft pick of the Chicago Bears.  He signed with the BC Lions prior to the 1988 season and had an outstanding first season in the CFL.  Williams caught 83 passes for 1468 yards, both numbers leading the CFL, was named to the West and CFL All-Star teams, and capped the season by winning the Oustanding Player in the CFL.  1989 was almost identical statistically as Williams had 79 catches for 1446 yards to win West All-Star honours.  Williams became a free agent after the 1989 season and signed with the Ottawa Roughriders where he had 61 catches for 895 yards in 1990.  Williams was traded to Edmonton for the 1991 season in a trade that brought LB Jeff Braswell to Ottawa.  11 games and 37 catches into the 1991 season, Williams was traded to Toronto for a first round draft pick and OL Chris Morris.  Williams caught 29 passes in his 7 games with the Argos in 1991 and won East All-Star honours. Williams played 9 games and had 30 catches for Toronto in 1992 before being released   Winnipeg signed Williams in May of 1993 and he responded with a career high 84 catches for 1144 yards to win an East All-Star award.  Injuries limited Williams to a total of just six games in the next two seasons.

Games Played and Receiving
Team Year GP Rec Yds Avg Long TD
BC 1988 18 83 1468 17.7 77 18
BC 1989 17 79 1446 18.3 71 14
OTT 1990 17 61 895 14.7 55 12
TOR 1991 7 29 552 19 68 6
EDM 1991 11 37 597 16.1 46 9
TOR 1992 9 30 444 14.8 39 1
WPG 1993 16 84 1144 13.6 44 15
WPG 1994 4 30 565 18.8 64 3
WPG 1995 2 6 86 14.3 32 0
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1988 BC 1 4 4 0 4
1989 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1991 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1993 WPG 1 -14 -14 0 -14
1994 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1995 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1988 BC 1 20 20 0 20
1989 BC 1 21 21 0 21
1990 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1991 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
1993 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1994 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
1995 WPG 0 0 0 0 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1988 BC 3

1989 BC 1

1990 OTT 3

1991 TOR 0 0 0
1991 EDM 0 0 0
1992 TOR 4 0 4
1993 WPG 5 0 5
1994 WPG 0 0 0
1995 WPG 1 0 1
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1988 BC 1 1 0
1989 BC 1 0 1
1990 OTT 0 0 2
1991 TOR 2 1 0
1991 EDM 0 0 0
1992 TOR 2 2 0
1993 WPG 3 2 1
1994 WPG 1 0 1
1995 WPG 0 0 0
1989 Jogo