Birthday Shoutout - Josh Williams

RedWolfNation strives to give ASU fans our prospective on the Arkansas State Red Wolves.  But we also like to talk about historical things about Arkansas State, so we will profile a former player and their time at Arkansas State each day on their Birthday. 

Today's Birthday - Aug. 28th - Josh Williams LB 6'1 255 - '03-'04

I wanted to call Josh Williams a one-hit wonder, but I think I will change that to a one-YEAR wonder, because Williams recorded a ton of hits.  After redshirting in 2003, the former 2 star recruit from Beaumont, Texas became the most decorated freshman in ASU history.  Williams started all 11 games in 2004 and ended the season as the top freshman tackler in college football.  Josh led the Indians with 110 tackles, posting 5 games with double figure knockdowns.  The Hardin-Jefferson high school product, tied for the team lead with 3 sacks and finished with 10 tackles for loss.  Williams was the only freshman in the nation to finish among the top-50 tacklers in the nation in 2004.  After being named first team All-Sun Belt Conference, the national accolades started pouring in.  He was named to the first-team Freshman All-American by CollegeSportsReports.com.  The Sporting News named Williams a second-team Freshman All-American as did Rivals.com.

Williams was a one-year wonder for the Indians and Head Coach Steve Roberts because he couldn't take care of the business that comes with being a student-athlete for Arkansas State.  As a fan I wish he could have been here for a longer time, but I appreciate all he did in the year he competed for my University.