Pro Career:
Signed with the Cardinals as a rookie free agent on 4/26/10 and earned a spot on the 53-man roster out of training camp. Appeared in 11 games with three starts during his rookie campaign.
2010: After making the team as an undrafted rookie free agent, started three of 11 games played and registered 101 yards on nine receptions … saw increased time at WR in season opener after a first half injury to Early Doucet @ StL (9/12) … earned first career start as part of a three WR set @ Atl (9/19) and hauled in two receptions for 26 yards … recorded one reception for 11 yards to convert a 3
rd-n-4 and drew two defensive pass interference penalties totaling 54 yards vs. Oak (9/26) … received the start @ SD (10/3) and finished second on the team with a career-best three receptions for 32 yards … for the second consecutive week started for injured WRs Doucet and Steve Breaston and recorded one reception for six yards vs. NO (10/10) … inactive @ Sea (10/24) … DNP in either of the next two games … saw time on special teams but did not record any statistics in each of the following two games: vs. Sea (11/14) and @ KC (11/21)
… DNP in each of the next two games … saw action at WR but did not record any statistics in the next three games: vs. Den (12/12), @ Car (12/19)
and vs. Dal (12/25)
… hauled in two receptions for 26 yards in the season finale @ SF (1/2/11).
College:
Started 40 of 46 career games and became Toledo’s all-time leader with 229 receptions and 3,102 yards, breaking records held by current New Orleans WR Lance Moore (2001-04) … averaged 13.5 yards per catch for his career and totaled 23 TDs … recorded 15 receptions in a game twice in his collegiate career … as a senior, started all 12 games for the third consecutive season, totaling 1,065 yards and seven TDs on a career-high 79 receptions … named first-team All-MAC ... ended up 17th in the country and third in the league with 88.8 receiving yards per game ... started all 12 games played as a junior, earning second-team All-MAC honors for the second consecutive season ... finished sixth in the conference with 71 receptions for 781 yards and a career-best eight TDs ... named second-team All-MAC as a sophomore after finishing seventh in the conference with 73 receptions ... ranked second in the MAC by averaging 97.4 yards per game ... became only the fourth receiver in Toledo history to gain more than 1,000 yards receiving ... totaled 1,169 yards to rank third all-time in school history, just 25 yards shy of Moore’s record of 1,194 yards set in 2003 ... in 2006, started four of 10 games played as a freshman, recording six receptions for 87 yards and one TD … redshirted as a freshman in 2005.
Personal:
Full name Stephen Jacob Williams … named all-district and all-area as a senior at Marshall High School (Houston, TX) … recorded 39 receptions for 835 yards and seven TDs … timed at 10.7 in the 100 meters as a junior … jumped 6-4 in the high jump and 22-11 in the long jump … majored in Communications.
