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Mario Williams

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Miami Dolphins · DE

Mario Williams recorded 147 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, HST, Houston Texans.

▶Best highlights

2.3

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

11

indexed seasons

147

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Mario Williams's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2013
CAROLINAPANTHERS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 15, 2013

Carolina Panthers vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 15, 2013

5 tackles · 4.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2014
BUFFALOBILLS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
NOV 13, 2014

Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins

Regular Season · Nov 13, 2014

5 tackles · 3.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2007
DENVERBRONCOS
HOUSTONTEXANS
DEC 13, 2007

Denver Broncos vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Dec 13, 2007

5 tackles · 3.5 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2008
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
HOUSTONTEXANS
DEC 1, 2008

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Dec 1, 2008

5 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2012
BUFFALOBILLS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 25, 2012

Buffalo Bills vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 25, 2012

3 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Mario Williams's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 7 total tackles

Regular Season
2012
BUFFALOBILLS
HOUSTONTEXANS
NOV 4, 2012

Buffalo Bills vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Nov 4, 2012

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 4.5 sacks

Regular Season
2013
CAROLINAPANTHERS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 15, 2013

Carolina Panthers vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 15, 2013

5 tackles · 4.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2014
BUFFALOBILLS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
NOV 13, 2014

Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins

Regular Season · Nov 13, 2014

5 tackles · 3.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 5 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2010
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
HOUSTONTEXANS
SEP 12, 2010

Indianapolis Colts vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Sep 12, 2010

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2014
GREEN BAYPACKERS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 14, 2014

Green Bay Packers vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 14, 2014

2 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Mario Williams's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

2002–2010

01
HOUWILLIAMS90Mario Williams
HOUJOHNSON80Andre Johnson
HOURYANS59DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Franchise era

2011–2016

02
HOUWILLIAMS90Mario Williams
HOUWATT99J.J. Watt
HOUFOSTER23Arian Foster

Defense brings January football to Houston

Houston Texans · Watt and the first playoff teams

Wade Phillips's defense and Foster's zone running produced consecutive division titles, while Watt became the era's defining defensive player.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

03
BUFWILLIAMS94Mario Williams
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

2016–present

04
MIAWILLIAMS94Mario Williams
MIATAGOVAILOA1Tua Tagovailoa
MIAHILL10Tyreek Hill

Tua, Hill and Waddle stretch every blade of grass

Miami Dolphins · The speed rebuild

Miami accumulated draft capital, built the league's fastest skill group and returned to the playoffs behind Mike McDaniel's motion-heavy offense.

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Career accomplishments

1× first-team All-Pro4× Pro Bowl selection11 NFL seasons147 career games258 career solo tackles98 career sacksCollege: North Carolina StateJersey: 940 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 10, 2006Most recent: Nov 27, 2016

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history