Carnell Williams

Carnell Lamar "Cadillac" Williams (born April 21, 1982 in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American football running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL and a former running back for the Auburn Tigers. Williams came out of high school as a very highly rated and very heavily recruited player. He originally committed to the University of Tennessee but changed when Auburn University football head coach Tommy Tuberville visited Williams personally at... more

Carnell Lamar "Cadillac" Williams (born April 21, 1982 in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American football running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL and a former running back for the Auburn Tigers. Williams came out of high school as a very highly rated and very heavily recruited player. He originally committed to the University of Tennessee but changed when Auburn University football head coach Tommy Tuberville visited Williams personally at his home in Gadsden, Alabama and convinced him to play football at Auburn. Williams moved on to Auburn University after graduating from Etowah High School in Attalla, Alabama. He got the nickname 'Cadillac' from a TV sportscaster in Alabama for the style and the way he ran...he was a notch above everyone on the field, and the name stuck." While at Auburn University, he majored in Sociology. When the season started in 2001, he was a true freshman, and the #3 running back on the depth chart, but in the 8th game of the season he had a break-out... less