Williams was rated as the 25th best running back prospect in the nation, the number two overall prospect in the state of Arkansas and was named to the All-America and All-Region Team by SuperPrep.
He was recruited by Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Iowa before deciding on Memphis.
Williams attended the University of Memphis, where he played for the Memphis Tigers football team.
Entering Memphis, Williams was a highly touted signee.
He played in 10 games as a true freshman.
In his first career game, a 52–6 victory over Murray State, he racked up 129 rushing yards, on 12 rushes, and a touchdown, marking the second most rushing yards in school history by a true freshman.
Against Tulane, he gained 166 rushing yards, including an 86-yard touchdown, in the 38–10 victory.
For his performance in the Tulane game, he received the Conference USA Player of the Week.
While playing Louisville, he suffered a knee sprain and was forced to sit out the next week's contest against Mississippi State.
He had a career-high two rushing touchdowns against Army, as well as 10 carries and 110 rushing yards, in the 38–10 victory.
He led the team with 684 rushing yards, 103 carries and five rushing touchdowns.
1983
DeAngelo Chondon Williams (born April 25, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL).
2000
As a junior, he gained 1,044 yards rushing and scored 14 touchdowns, leading him to be named to the Arkansas All-State team in 2000.
As a senior, he rushed for a single-season record 2,204 yards and 34 touchdowns, averaging 10.4 yards per carry while leading his squad to the state 4A championship.
He had 939 yards rushing in four playoff games, including 26 carries for 302 yards and six touchdowns against Greenwood; in the state championship game against Stuttgart, he rushed for 194 yards on 24 attempts, scoring two rushing touchdowns, one receiving touchdown and one return touchdown.
2001
Williams was considered the top running back in the state of Arkansas in 2001, having played for the Yellowjackets football team at Wynne High School in Wynne, Arkansas.
He missed most of his sophomore season with a broken bone in his foot.
He was named the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 2001 Offensive Player of the Year and was selected to the Associated Press Arkansas Super Team in 2001.
Williams was a letterman in track & field.
He still holds the state 4A record in the 100-meter dash with an electronically-timed 10.81 seconds.
He helped lead Wynne to a second-place finish in the 2001 state track championships.
2003
In the 2003 regular season opener against Tennessee Tech, Williams had 61 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown in the 40–10 victory.
He had career highs of 135 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns playing against the Golden Eagles.
The following week against Mississippi, he recorded 131 rushing yards, 36 receiving yards, and two rushing touchdowns in the 44–34 victory.
He gained over 100 yards the following week against Southern Mississippi, finishing the game with 158 rushing yards, in the 23–6 loss.
After a 108-yard game in a 38–16 victory over Arkansas State and another 107-yard game in a 24–10 loss to UAB the following week, he tied the school record with four consecutive games with at least 100 rushing yards.
The game after, he broke the record, when he posted 119 rushing yards against Mississippi State in a 35–27 loss.
He continued the streak against the Houston Cougars with 120 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 45–14 victory.
The next week he had a career-high, 195 rushing yards and two touchdowns, in the 41–9 victory against Tulane.
Playing East Carolina, he made the record eight consecutive games with at least 100 rushing yards in the 41–24 victory.
With the 137 yards rushing, he broke the school record for single season rushing yards.
He continued to break records the next week, when he broke the school record for attempts in a single season.
Williams had 154 rushing yard and one rushing touchdown on 27 attempts in the 37–7 victory over Louisville.
The next week, in a win against Cincinnati, he posted 136 rushing yards but tore his MCL during the 21–16 victory, ending his record-breaking season.
He ended the season with over 1,400 rushing yards, the most in school history, and leading the nation in all-purpose yards.
He was named as the 2003 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year.
2005
He played college football for the Memphis Tigers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2005.
2006
He was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
2014
He starred in a dual role in Carolina alongside Jonathan Stewart, until Williams' release in the 2014 offseason.
2015
He then played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2015 to 2016.
