Jerrol Garcia-Williams

Jerrol Garcia-Williams
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Garcia-Williams with the Broncos in 2017.
No. 52 – Denver Broncos
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1993-12-24) December 24, 1993
Wooster, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: Palo Verde
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
College: Hawaii
Undrafted: 2017
Career history
Roster status: Injured reserve
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Jerrol Garcia-Williams (born December 24, 1993) is an American football linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Hawaii.

Early life

Garcia-Williams attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, finishing with 84 tackles, seven sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior.

College career

Garcia-Williams appeared in 45 games (26 starts) at the University of Hawaii, totaling 222 tackles (148 solo), 3.5 sacks, one pass defensed and three fumble recoveries. He saw action in 10 games (3 starts) as a redshirt senior, posting 31 tackles (24 solo). He started 9-of-10 games played as a junior, finishing second on the team with 89 tackles (55 solo) in addition to recording 1.5 sacks. Garcia-Williams started the first two games of the season in 2014 before suffering a season-ending knee injury and earning a medical redshirt.[1]

Professional career

Garcia-Williams signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017.[2] He was waived by the Broncos on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[3][4] He was promoted to the active roster on October 21, 2017.[5] He appeared in 11 games, posting one solo tackle and one special-teams stop.

On March 13, 2018, Garcia-Williams was tendered by the Broncos.[6] On April 23, he signed the exclusive rights tender.[7] On August 28, 2018, he suffered a torn ACL on the practice field and was ruled out for the season.[8] He was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2018.[9]

Personal

His father, Jerrol Williams, was an NFL linebacker with Pittsburgh (1989-92), San Diego (1993), Kansas City (1994) and Baltimore (1996).[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://files.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/Images/email_blast/2018_Denver_Broncos_Media_Guide_a.pdf
  2. ↑ Mason, Andrew (May 13, 2017). "Broncos announce college free-agent signings". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Mason, Andrew (September 2, 2017). "Broncos trim roster at deadline". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ DiLalla, Aric (September 4, 2017). "Broncos announce initial practice-squad roster". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ DiLalla, Aric (October 21, 2017). "Broncos make slew of roster moves ahead of Sunday's game vs. Chargers". DenverBroncos.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ DiLalla, Aric (March 13, 2018). "Broncos place second-round tenders on RFAs Shaquil Barrett, Matt Paradis; tender seven ERFAs". DenverBroncos.com.
  7. ↑ DiLalla, Aric (April 23, 2018). "Shaquil Barrett signs restricted free agent tender, Garcia-Williams signs ERFA tender". DenverBroncos.com.
  8. ↑ "Broncos' Jerrol Garcia-Williams out for year with torn ACL". MileHighReport.com. August 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ DiLalla, Aric (September 1, 2018). "Broncos trim roster to 53 players". DenverBroncos.com.
  10. ↑ http://files.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/Images/email_blast/2018_Denver_Broncos_Media_Guide_a.pdf
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