Trent Williams

Biography

Born July 19, 1988, in Longview, Texas, Trent Williams attended Longview High School, where he starred for the Lobos alongside future NFL players Malcolm Kelly, Chris Ivory, and Robert Henson. A unanimous first-team all-district selection as a senior, Williams also competed in track and field as a shot putter. Initially a three-star recruit ranked as the nation's twenty-eighth offensive guard prospect, he chose the University of Oklahoma over Louisiana State, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M.

Williams played for coach Bob Stoops's Oklahoma Sooners from 2006 to 2009, becoming the starter at right tackle as a true freshman after Branndon Braxton suffered a broken leg. As a junior in 2008, he anc...