Darrel Williams

Darrel Williams

No. 31 – Baltimore Hawks
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	(2010-04-15)April 15, 2010 (aged 51) Marrero, Louisiana
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	John Ehret High School
College:	LSU
ISFL Draft:	2035  / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
DSFL Draft:	2034  / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Career history
Myrtle Beach Buccaneers (2033 (S18)) Minnesota Grey Ducks (2034 (S19)) Baltimore Hawks (2035 (S20)–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
2034 Ultimini Champion 2034 Offensive Rookie of the Year(DSFL) 2034 Running Back of the Year(DSFL)

Darrel Williams (born Devante John Williams) on April 15th, 2010, is an American football running back who is currently a player for the Baltimore Hawks. He formerly played for the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers and the Minnesota Grey Ducks in the DSFL. He also played college football for LSU Tigers football as a third down back before joining the DSFL late in the 2033 (S18) season. He won the Ultimini with the Minnesota Grey Ducks in 2034.

Early years

Darrel Williams was born in a small city deep in Louisiana, and his birth name was officially Devante Williams. Devante didn't have much growing up, as both of his parents struggled at times to find jobs and keep their family of five kids afloat. One thing that always motivated Devante was his idol, the actual Darrel Williams. As Devante grew up, he watched a lot of pro football and loved the NFL Darrel's style of play, and wanted himself to have a great combination of speed, catching ability, and a good dose of strength to push his way to the top. As well, Devante loved hearing how similar he was to Darrel and aspired to be like him in high school.

Once he attended John Ehret High School, Devante quickly rose to the top of his class, even as a freshman. His combination of skills dominated other teams who had no one who could tackle Devante and keep up with him at the same time. This deadly combination led to two state championships and many accolades for Darrel, and he was a highly touted recruit. In honor of Darrel Williams, Devante chose to head to LSU, even though there were many other talented backs and players at LSU. Finally, after he graduated, Devante changed his name officially from Devante John Williams to Darrel Williams. In his opinion, he was too similar to Darrel to not take his name and try to improve his legacy at LSU.

College career

Darrel quickly realized that LSU had much, much higher competition than what was at John Ehret High School. His combination of speed, catching, and strength was extremely valuable at the high school level, but once he hit college there were plenty of players who matched up with him at the size and speed level. Darrel was quickly redshirted his freshman year and played sparingly the following year, but as a redshirt sophomore Darrel began to hit his groove. He realized that he didn't have the endurance to run every down and embraced his new role as third down back in the offense. His season ended with no accolades, but he was appearing on the map for DSFL and NSFL teams.

His junior year wasn't much different. Darrel still struggled to develop any of his skills to the point of where he could dominate the competition, and always felt one step behind his competitors. Unlike his competitors, however, Darrel got plenty of rest and played his heart out on every down and opportunity he was given. Heading into senior year, LSU finally gave Darrel the starting job as RB and he started out incredibly well, running for over 150 yards and two scores in his first game. But after that he struggled more and more each game and was eventually returned to his role at third-down back. Darrel had finally finished a long five years at college, but many asked if he could actually play at the pro level. He knew he had to at least try.

College career statistics

			Rushing						Receiving
Season	Team	GP	Att	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	Long	TD	Rec	Yds	Long	TD
2029	LSU	3	13	74	5.7	24.7	22	0	3	18	6	0
2030	LSU	10	78	476	6.1	47.6	29	5	14	156	11.1	1
2031	LSU	13	109	698	6.4	53.7	31	6	22	234	10.6	2
2032	LSU	14	185	944	5.1	67.4	30	7	31	368	11.9	4

Professional career

2033 season

Darrel took some time off to train so he could make a DSFL roster, and then finally joined the DSFL in the last two weeks of the season. The only team that wanted Darrel was the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers, who had an incredible speed back in Quindarius Tyerucker, but needed someone to take carries behind him when he was gassed. Darrel made his debut against the Luchadores and had a solid performance, racking up 35 yards on 8 carries in the blowout loss. In his second game against the Buccaneers, Darrel improved and ran for 5.1 YPC, and again was given 8 carries. He did not have a reception during the 2033 (S18) season and finished the year with a solid 4.8 YPC. He was now eligible to be drafted in the 2034 DSFL Draft (S19).

2034 season

After doing a significant amount of training in the offseason, Darrel's draft stock rose to the first round. Myrtle Beach, his first DSFL team, held the #1 pick and there was a serious chance they would take him. However, they instead decided to shop the first overall pick and the Minnesota Grey Ducks were very interested. The Grey Ducks traded the third overall pick, the 11th pick, and sixth(or fourth) round pick next year in exchange for the #1 pick. With that selection, they took Darrel Williams to become their new lead running back and he became the first pick (excluding the contraction draft) in Grey Ducks history. Darrel now looked to dominate as a starting running back in the DSFL and take home an Ultimini for his Grey Ducks.

Darrel's first game as a Grey Duck started with a bang, as he had arguably the best offensive performance of any player in the DSFL that year, as he recorded 192 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, recording a ridiculous 9.6 yards per carry. This was helped significantly by a 78 yard run that he tore off in the second quarter, which ended up being the longest run of any player in the DSFL that year. This game quickly established that the Grey Ducks drafted him #1 for a reason and they intended to use him as much as possible. His dominance continued throughout the coming weeks, but the Grey Ducks struggled at times. Throughout the entire season, the Minnesota offense was never able to get much done without Darrel. Vega struggled in his second season and no wide receiver really emerged as a reliable target for the young QB. After limping their way to 5-5 and only scoring a total of 13 points in their past three games, the Grey Ducks were able to turn it around. They were able to get two huge victories over the Buccaneers and the Pythons, and took care of business against Kansas City and Norfolk. Portland did hold a two game lead on the conference with only three games to go, but they lost out while Minnesota won out, guaranteeing home field advantage for the DSFL North Conference Championship. Minnesota fought a hard game against Portland and was eventually able to win it on a walk-off field goal. Darrel had 160 yards and two touchdowns during this game and helped his offense drop 30 points on Portland and he led them to an Ultimini berth. Darrel Williams had struggled against Tijuana all season, but when it mattered most Darrel was able to produce. He had 115 yards and a score on 5.8 YPC as his Grey Ducks were able to hold on 16-13 and win the Ultimini. Darrel was a champion and was in line for some hardware following the season's end.

Following his team's Ultimini win, Darrel Williams received Offensive Rookie of the Year and Running Back of the Year awards in the DSFL.

2035 season

Wildly projected to be the #1 overall pick in the S20 NSFL Draft, Darrel Williams came into the draft as the #1 TPE earner in his class. However, most of the teams who held top picks showed no interest in Williams and were not interested in drafting him whatsoever. He fell to the seventh pick in the draft where Baltimore selected him to become the backup to the reigning RBotY, Ludicolo Bigby. Darrel would likely have an expanded receiving role and was excited to join a Ultimus-competing team like the Hawks.

While the hopes for the Baltimore Hawks were fairly high heading into the season, perpetually underperformance and overall terrible sim luck led to a disappointing season for both Darrel Williams and the Hawks. In what was expected to be a nice warmup game against the rookie QB Jay Cue at home, the Hawks were roasted by the eventual rookie of the year as he led the Outlaws to a 35-24 win in Baltimore's stadium. The Hawks were able to get back on track in Week 2 with a strong road win over the Philadelphia Liberty, and Darrel Williams scored his first ever NSFL touchdown on an overall solid night, posting 47 yards on 12 carries with the aforementioned touchdown.

The Hawks continued to bounce back and forth between wins and losses until finally they began to catch fire, where they won three straight games in a row to put them solidly at 5-3. Instead of continuing to establish themselves as Ultimus contenders, however, the Hawks then promptly lost four straight games. During this losing streak Darrel began to focus more on his hands and overall catching ability, and he was used slightly more as a receiving back in the later stretch of the season. A clutch win against the Orange County Otters helped push the Hawks to the playoffs, but in a tough three point loss to the Colorado Yeti the Hawks were kicked out of the playoffs. With two large draft classes soon to join the Hawks, there is hope that improvement is on the horizon, but for now the Hawks seem to be sitting in the middle of the pack.

Professional career statistics

			Rushing						Receiving
Season	Team	GP	Att	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	Long	TD	Rec	Yds	Long	TD
2033	MB	2	16	76	4.8	38	10	0
2034	MINN	14	325	1713	5.3	122.3	78	11	6	38	6.3	0
2035	BAL	13	142	562	4	43.2	18	4	12	61	5.1	0