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Williams, Dan
Tennessee
DL
Height: 6-2
Weight: 329
2009 – Games/Starts: 12/12 ... Fourth on team and leader among defensive linemen with 61 tackles ... Tied for team lead with 8½ tackles for loss, accounting for minus-27 yards ... Also
tops on squad with nine quarterback hurries ... Had eight stops, four of them solo, against UCLA to reach career 100-tackle plateau ... Collected seven tackles against Auburn ... Tied for
third on team with six tackles at Alabama ... Four solo tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery against South Carolina ... Posted career-best and team-leading nine tackles at Ole Miss ...
Also had two tackles for loss in that contest ... Combined for nine tackles in last two regular season games against Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
2008 – Games/Starts: 12/9 ... Paced UT defensive tackles in 2008 with 48 total tackles ... Second on team with nine quarterback pressures and tied for third with 8½ tackles for loss, resulting
in minus-19 yards ... Contributed one of season’s highlight plays by blocking Kentucky's 34-yard field goal attempt in second overtime, extending game UT won 52-50 in four overtimes
to advance to SEC Championship Game ... Career high eight tackles at Auburn ... Added six tackles at Georgia and five at Vanderbilt ... Two TFLs at both Auburn and Vanderbilt, and had 1½
stops behind line at UCLA ... Eric Berry and he were only Vols with at least three tackles in every game last season.
2007 – Games/Starts: 14/10 ... Started 10 games overall and seven of final eight ... Finished with one tackle and was credited with shared TFL at California ... In first career start, recorded
career-high six tackles against Southern Mississippi ... Had three tackles against Arkansas State ... Had five tackles at Mississippi State ... Had four tackles, including team-high three TFLs,
against South Carolina ... Finished with five tackles, including sack, against Arkansas ... Tied career-high with six tackles, including TFL, against Vanderbilt ... One tackle along with huge FG
block at Kentucky ... Had one of three UT sacks in Outback Bowl against Wisconsin.
2006 – Games/Starts: 6/0 ... Appeared in six games, including the final three contests against Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Penn State ... Also appeared against California, Marshall and Memphis
... Had one sack against Marshall.
2005 – Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL – All-State by Associated Press and Tennessee sportswriters in 2004 ... Honorable mention All-Southern by Orlando Sentinel ... All-Metro and member of Elite team by
Memphis Commercial Appeal in 2003 as well as All-Region and most valuable defensive lineman ... As senior, totals included 132 tackles, five sacks, four forced fumbles and two recoveries
... Had season-best 12 tackles vs. Memphis University School ... As junior in 2003, totaled 85 tackles, five sacks, three forced fumbles and four recoveries ... Finished sophomore year
with 75 tackles, 10 for lost yardage and two sacks ... Helped team to playoffs in 2003 and 2004.
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