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Mike Williams

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Mike Williams recorded 262 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 24 rostered seasons with Los Angeles Chargers, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins.

▶Best highlights

38.2

rec yds/gm

0.1

rush yds/gm

9

playoff games

262

career games

Five defining games

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

Regular Season
2021
CLEVELANDBROWNS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
OCT 10, 2021

Cleveland Browns vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Oct 10, 2021

8 rec · 165 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
2018
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
DEC 13, 2018

Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Dec 13, 2018

7 rec · 76 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
2021
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEP 26, 2021

Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Sep 26, 2021

7 rec · 122 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
2020
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 12, 2020

Los Angeles Chargers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 12, 2020

5 rec · 109 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
2012
ST. LOUISRAMS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 23, 2012

St. Louis Rams vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2012

7 rec · 132 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

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

Career highs: 165 receiving yards · 2 receiving touchdowns

Regular Season
2021
CLEVELANDBROWNS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
OCT 10, 2021

Cleveland Browns vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Oct 10, 2021

8 rec · 165 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career high: 11 receptions

Regular Season
2010
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 14, 2010

Seattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 14, 2010

11 rec · 145 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 17 targets

Regular Season
2021
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
LAS VEGASRAIDERS
JAN 9, 2022

Los Angeles Chargers vs Las Vegas Raiders

Regular Season · Jan 9, 2022

9 rec · 119 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career high: 2 receptions of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2021
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
DEC 5, 2021

Los Angeles Chargers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 5, 2021

5 rec · 110 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

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

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1989–1998

01
DETWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1983–1999

02
MIAWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
MIAMARINO13Dan Marino
MIACLAYTON83Mark Clayton

The quickest release in football rewrites passing

Miami Dolphins · The Marino years

Marino shattered records immediately and kept Miami relevant for seventeen seasons, though his lone Super Bowl came in year two.

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Franchise era

1999–2008

03
DETWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
DETHANSON4Jason Hanson
DETWILLIAMS11Roy Williams

A painful rebuild reaches rock bottom

Detroit Lions · From Barry's exit to 0–16

Sanders retired abruptly and years of poor roster construction culminated in the league's first 0–16 season.

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Franchise era

2002–2015

04
LVWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
LVGANNON12Rich Gannon
LVASOMUGHA21Nnamdi Asomugha

The veteran peak collapses into constant turnover

Las Vegas Raiders · A Super Bowl and the wilderness

Oakland reached Super Bowl XXXVII but then endured thirteen seasons without a winning record as coaches and quarterbacks cycled.

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Franchise era

2005–2015

05
TENWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
TENJOHNSON28Chris Johnson
TENBULLUCK53Keith Bulluck

Explosive rushing bridges changing quarterbacks

Tennessee Titans · From CJ2K to another rebuild

Johnson's 2,006-yard season supplied the peak as Tennessee cycled through coaches and quarterbacks after the McNair core.

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Franchise era

2005–2013

06
TBWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
TBBARBER20Ronde Barber
TBWILLIAMS24Cadillac Williams

Intermittent winners give way to another reset

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · After the first title

Tampa Bay won two more divisions but could not rebuild the champion's core as the roster cycled through young quarterbacks.

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Franchise era

2010–2016

07
SEAWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
SEAWILSON3Russell Wilson
SEASHERMAN25Richard Sherman

Defense, competition and a first championship

Seattle Seahawks · The Legion of Boom

Pete Carroll built a young, physical roster that overwhelmed Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII and returned the next year before a goal-line interception.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

08
BUFWILLIAMS—Mike 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

2013–2017

09
KCWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
KCSMITH11Alex Smith
KCCHARLES25Jamaal Charles

Structure and speed end the playoff drought

Kansas City Chiefs · Reid builds the platform

Andy Reid immediately restored winning, developed Kelce and Tyreek Hill, and created the environment for a young quarterback to take over.

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Franchise era

2017–present

10
LACWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
LACHERBERT10Justin Herbert
LACALLEN13Keenan Allen

Herbert's arm begins another reset

Los Angeles Chargers · Back in Los Angeles

The Chargers returned to Los Angeles and found Herbert, whose immediate production renewed the promise and pressure surrounding the franchise.

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Franchise era

2011–present

11
NYJWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
NYJWILKERSON96Muhammad Wilkerson
NYJWILLIAMS95Quinnen Williams

Defensive talent waits for quarterback stability

New York Jets · The playoff drought

New York continued producing excellent defenders but cycled through quarterbacks and coaches during the league's longest active postseason absence.

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Franchise era

2022–present

12
PITWILLIAMS—Mike Williams
PITWATT90T.J. Watt
PITHEYWARD97Cameron Heyward

The standard meets a quarterback transition

Pittsburgh Steelers · After Roethlisberger

Pittsburgh has leaned on Watt and its defensive identity while searching for the long-term offense to begin its next championship chapter.

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Career accomplishments

24 NFL seasons262 career games28 career passing yards37 career rushing yards1 career rushing touchdowns701 career receptions10,011 career receiving yards63 career receiving touchdowns27 career solo tacklesCollege: ClemsonDrafted by: LACDraft pick: 7Jersey: 819 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 14, 1992Most recent: Jan 11, 2025

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