DRAFT UNCERTAINTY WORRIES WILLIAMS.Byline: Jon Wilner Daily News Staff Writer Shaun Williams Shaun LeJon Williams (born October 10, 1976 in Oakland, California) is a former American football safety, most recently for the Carolina Panthers, of the NFL. Williams attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California and played both tailback and safety. spent his childhood in Carson. He attended Crespi High School, then UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . His out-of-state experiences, excluding football games, can be counted on one hand. But that will change this weekend. Williams is expected to be the first safety and second defensive back (behind Michigan's Charles Woodson Charles Woodson (born on October 7, 1976 in Fremont, Ohio) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, Woodson led the Wolverines to a national championship. ) selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. He could go anywhere from No. 15 to 25, to the East Coast or the West, AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. or NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference , to a frigid climate or a warm one. He doesn't much care. He just wants to end the anxiety. ``It's kind of scary,'' Williams said. ``It's an unknown experience for me. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to expect, where I'll go in the draft, what team, what city. I'm an L.A. kid. My life's about to change dramatically. ``I wasn't nervous before, but I am now that the draft is getting closer. It's different than picking a college. You get to choose that. Now my fate is in somebody else's hands.'' Williams, a free safety, missed two games last season with a sprained ankle, then failed to run down Arizona tailback Trung Canidate in his first game back. But his ankle was healthy for the NFL Scouting Combine The National Invitational Camp or NFL Scouting Combine, as it is more widely known, is a week-long showcase, occurring every February in Indianapolis, Indiana's RCA Dome, where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general in Indianapolis in February, when he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.44 seconds. ``He has everything you want in a safety,'' one NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga scout said. ``He can run, he can cover, and he can hit.'' Williams and tailback Skip Hicks are the most prominent Bruins available and the only two expected to go in the early rounds. Chad Overhauser, who played right tackle at UCLA but is projected at guard, is considered a late-round selection. Other Bruins, like receiver Jim McElroy and linebacker Jason Nevadomsky, who some teams project as a fullback, are expected to sign free-agent contracts. ROLL CALL A look at the UCLA Bruins most likely to be drafted or signed as free agents: Player Pos. Projected Rnd. Shaun Williams S 1 Skip Hicks TB 1-3 Chad Overhauser OL 5-6 Jason Nevadomsky LB/FB FA Jim McElroy WR FA Weldon Forde LB FA Chad Sauter OL FA Danjuan Magee LB FA Wasswa Serwanga S FA CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO No one is sure where UCLA's Shaun Williams will go in this weekend's NFL draft. Myung J. Chun/Daily News BOX: ROLL CALL (see text) |
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