Rice
Will head into spring practice as the Owls most experienced returning DE after chalking up 11 starts in 2011.
2011
Shared a sack vs. SMU and was credited with three tackles... Credited with a pair of tackles at Northwestern... Credited with three tackles vs. UTEP... Credited for a TFL and a PBU vs. Tulsa... Shared his first career sack at Marshall... Broke open the Memphis game by picking off a deflected pass and returning it 47 yards for a touchdown... Was credited with a pair of tackles, both for loss, in the same game... Credited with a career-high seven tackles and 1.5 TFL in the home opener vs. Purdue.. Matched that effort with seven assists at Marshall... Made his first career start in the opener at Texas and credited with one tackle.
2010
Solid member of the Owls' rotation at defensive end whose sophomore campaign was ended by an injury in the fourth week of the season... Credited with eight tackles in the first three games before being injured early in the fourth contest of the year... Credited with a career-best four tackles vs. Northwestern... Picked up two tackles, including one for a loss of three yards at North Texas... Credited with a pair of tackles in the opener with Texas.
2009
Ended the season by matching his career-best with three tackles at Houston... Credited with a QB hurry
in three of the last five games...Credited with his first career sack at SMU for a loss of eight yards...Matched his career-best with three tackles against UCF... Credited with a career-best three tackles vs. Navy... Earned his first multi-tackle total with a pair of stops vs. Vanderbilt... Credited with his first tackle at Oklahoma State... Made his debut at UAB.
2008
Redshirt
Huntsville High School
Second-team All District 18-4A selection at tight end for coach Mitchell Coey... Named team offensive MVP... caught 26 passes for 412 yards and three TDs as a senior... totaled 544 yards receiving and four TD catches as a junior... Three-time Academic All District selection... National Honor Society member who carries a 4.9 GPA on a 5.0 scale. Ranked in the top 5% of his class... Also a member of the German Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta math honor society... President of The Woodlands Area chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
Personal
Full Name: Jared Nicholas Williams... Born: Dec. 29, 1989 at Huntsville... Parents: Willie and Malissa Williams (one brother, one sister)... Rice major: Mathematical Economic Analysis.