Former Syracuse standout and NFL wide receiver Mike Williams died after suffering from injuries in an accident at a construction site, according to multiple reports. He was only 36.
In the hours since his tragic death was announced, more details have emerged.
Williams sustained injuries he couldn’t recover from after a steel beam fell down on his head.
The Buffalo native played high school football at Riverside before a collegiate career at Syracuse University. As a true freshman in 2006, he led the team with 461 receiving yards. He was an all-Big East selection the following season, but was suspended for the 2008 season for academic reasons.
In seven games in 2009, he caught 49 balls for 746 yards and seven touchdowns but quit the team due to a possible suspension after he violated team rules following a car accident.
He would then be drafted in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Bucs. In his rookie season, he led the team with 964 receiving yards, and grabbed 65 receptions. The Bucs signed him to an extension before the 2013 campaign, but he played in just six games that year and was then traded to his hometown Buffalo Bills, where he spent one season.
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In 2015, he was supposed to be suspended for the first six games of the season, but he remained a free agent. He was on the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad in 2016.
He played four seasons with the Bucs before finishing his career with the Bills in 2014. In his professional career, he totaled 223 receptions for 3,089 yards and 26 touchdowns.
