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#89
Chandler
Williams
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 5-11
Weight: 184
NFL Years: 0
College: Florida International
Hometown: Miami, FL
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Games and Starts

Professional Biography

The 8th and final player drafted by the Vikings in 2007 and the 5th offensive player of the 8...The 3rd of the 3 WRs the Viking drafted...The 30th of 34 WRs drafted and 1 of 7 selected in the 7th round...Joined teammate LB Antwan Barnes in 2007 as the 1st draftees from FIU with Barnes going as a 4th-rounder LB selected by Baltimore.

College Information

Left FIU as the school record holder in receiving with 203 catches and ranked 2nd with 2,519 yards...Started 24 of the 41 career games he played.


2006 Was a 2nd-Team All-Sun Belt Conference honoree...Played in Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Game...Earned Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week for performance against South Florida that included an 82-yard punt return TD, only the 2nd in FIU history...Ranked 9th in NCAA and led the conference with 6.7 catches per game...Set career-high with 11 catches in his final collegiate game against Troy...Set school record with 67 receptions to establish FIU  single-season mark.


2005 Named 2nd-Team All-Sun Belt...Hauled in 7 passes against nationally-ranked opponents Texas Tech and Troy...Led FIU and ranked 2nd in the conference with 61 catches...Notched 901 all-purpose yards...Broke the 100- yard receiving mark 3 times, against Florida A&M, Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee...Set careerhigh with 160 yards against Middle Tennessee...Caught career-long 58-yarder vs. Florida A&M...Had career-long19-yard run in opener at  Kansas State.


2004 Started 4 games and finished 2nd on team with 46 catches...Averaged 96.2 all-purpose yards per game...Averaged 21.7 yards on 19 kickoff returns to lead the teams...Caught season-high 10 passes, the 2nd-most of his career, against Georgia Southern...Had career-high 2 rushing attempts in the season opener against Youngstown State.


2003 Started a pair of games as a freshman, opening games against Stephen F. Austin and at Gardner-Webb...Broke the 100-yard receiving mark 3 times, including 132 at Gardner-Webb, including season-long 49- yarder...Had consecutive 100-yard games with 108 atGeorgia Southern and 101 vs. Stephen  F. Austin...Caught 1st career TD at Georgia Southern.

Personal Biography

Majored in criminal justice...Mentors youth in his home Miami neighborhood...Worked as a grocery bagger as a kid at the Winn Dixie his mom managed...Considers his mother his biggest influence...Father, Chandler Williams II, was drafted by the LA Rams in 1975 in the 12th round...Is the middle of 5 children in his family...Aspires to a career in coaching...High school teammates with fellow NFLers Roscoe Parrish and Atari Bigby...Admired WRs Steve Smith and Santana Moss growing up and wears #89 as a tribute to them.

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