Chris Albany Williams (born January 2, 1959) is a former American football player who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a

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for the

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for three seasons. He was selected by the Bills in the second round of the

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. He had three

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and a

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recovery in his professional career, all in 1983, in which he played in all 16 regular season games. Williams was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and attended Tioga High School in

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. He attended college at Louisiana State University, where he was selected as first-team All- Southeastern Conference by the Associated Press in

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while playing

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for the LSU Tigers. Chris still holds the all time record for interceptions (20) at LSU as well as ties for the single season record (8 in 1978).

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