Trent Williams, an offensive tackle with the National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers, was born on July 19, 1988. (NFL). He was an All-American while playing college football at Oklahoma, and the Washington Redskins selected him fourth overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. Williams, who has participated in nine Pro Bowls, is regarded as one of the league’s top tacklers.
Williams refused to participate for the Redskins for the entire 2019 season out of contractual and personal reasons related to a malignant tumor on his head that the team minimized but was later determined by private doctors to be life threatening.
His high school
Williams played high school football for the Longview Lobos team at Longview High School alongside Malcolm Kelly, Chris Ivory, and Robert Henson. Williams was selected for the district’s first team by a unanimous vote as a senior. Despite having a perfect regular season record going into the 2005 UIL playoffs, Nick Florence’s South Garland defeated Longview 14–13. He competed as a shot putter for the track squad as well. Williams was rated as the 28th best offensive guard prospect in the country by Rivals.com, who gave him a three-star rating. Over offers from Louisiana State, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M, he selected Oklahoma.
