Williams named to D2Football.com's Elite 100 list
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman junior safety Major Williams (Fort Myers, Fla.) has been lauded with a spot on the D2football.com Elite 100 list.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman junior safety Major Williams (Fort Myers, Fla.) has been lauded with a spot on the D2football.com Elite 100 list.
The rebranded listing is D2Football.com's All-America team, making Williams the Carson-Newman football program's 129th All-American all-time.
Carson-Newman's 129 All-Americans are the most in the South Atlantic Conference.
Williams continues a sensational run by Carson-Newman defensive backs, joining Desmond Fairell (2019), Darius Williams, no relation (2017), Jerry Miclisse (2016) and Eien Jacob (2014) as DBs to have earned All-America status in the last decade.
Carson-Newman's third-leading tackler in 2023, Major Williams did things no other defensive back has done in the history of the football program.
Williams made 53 tackles on the year, including 10 behind the line of scrimmage. He is the first defensive back in the history of the Carson-Newman football program with double-digit tackles for loss in a single season. He also had two sacks, both against Erskine (Oct. 14) to become the first defensive back with two sacks in a game as well.
The Fort Myers, Fla.-product also had a pick, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, five pass break ups and five quarterback hurries on the year.
Williams topped out with eight tackles in three consecutive weeks against Newberry (Sept. 30), Tusculum (Oct. 7) and Erskine (Oct. 14). He had multiple stops behind the line of scrimmage against the Fleet, Pioneers and at UVA Wise (Nov. 5).
His contest at Wise featured his first career fumble recovery returned for a touchdown, bring back a loose pigskin 40 yards to the house. He tallied his lone interception of the year in the Eagles' opener against Virginia Lynchburg (Aug. 31).
