{"id":131258,"date":"2022-03-16T10:19:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=131258"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:19:22","slug":"darious-williams-signs-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/03\/16\/darious-williams-signs-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Darious Williams Signs Contract With Jacksonville Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four-year NFL veteran cornerback Darious Williams has signed a new contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Williams played in 14 games last year for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darious Williams is coming home: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ram?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Ram<\/a> CB is expected to sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jaguars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jaguars<\/a>, source said, his hometown. He gets a 3-year deal worth $30M \u2014 $39M max. $18M fully guaranteed. He had higher offers, but chose home. Deal done by Damarius Bilbo &amp; Kelton Crenshaw of<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1504099748550258690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Darious Williams, Jacksonville Jaguars, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>A few days after the 2018 NFL Draft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/ravens\/\" target=\"_self\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> signed Williams as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During training camp, he competed with Bennett Jackson and Stanley Jean-Baptiste. Head coach John Harbaugh named Williams the seventh cornerback on the roster to start the 2018 season. A month after making his NFL debut a few weeks earlier, the Ravens waived Williams since Jimmy Smith returned from his four-game suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, the Los Angeles Rams picked him off waivers. He came in as the sixth cornerback on the roster behind Marcus Peters, Sam Shields, Troy Hill, Nickell Robey-Coleman, and Dominique Hatfield. For the remainder of the 2018 campaign, he remained on the roster, only playing in one game. In that same season, the Rams lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/ravens\/\" target=\"_self\">New England Patriots<\/a> in Super Bowl LIII by a score of 13-3.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he saw an uptick in defensive snaps under new defensive coordinator Brandon Staley. Williams played in 12 games, starting three. He accumulated 15 tackles, one tackle for a loss, four pass deflections, one fumble recovery, and two interceptions. He allowed 15 receptions on 24 targets for a completion percentage of 71.5, one touchdown, 197 yards, and a passer rating of 77.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, head coach Sean McVay named Williams the second cornerback, opposite Jalen Ramsey. Williams accumulated career-highs in interceptions with four and pass deflections with 14, while also recording 44 tackles, one tackle for a loss. He played in 16 games, starting ten. In coverage, Williams allowed 39 receptions on 72 targets, a completion percentage of 54.2, 528 yards, two touchdowns, and a 63.9 passer rating.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams placed a first-round tender on Williams during the 2021 free agency period. A few weeks later, he signed a one-year deal to stay with the Rams. Williams missed three games in the 2021 campaign due to an ankle injury. He played in a total of 14 games, starting 13 while collecting one forced fumble. In coverage, Williams allowed 57 receptions on 92 targets, a completion percentage of 62, 610 yards, four touchdowns, and a 95.7 passer rating. Williams helped the Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI by a score of 23-20.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"2uSaMT_sRYdtbOqOplrQvg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1370028279\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2uSaMT_sRYdtbOqOplrQvg',sig:'sW3jEMmJ1J_4e4A52amgSSRXfP2n7Fgu98hNeXoWlis=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1370028279',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-year NFL veteran cornerback Darious Williams has signed a new contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Williams played in 14 games last year for the Los Angeles Rams. Darious Williams is coming home: The #Ram CB is expected to sign with the #Jaguars, source said, his hometown. He gets a 3-year deal worth $30M \u2014 $39M [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3424,"featured_media":131293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[8848,9001],"class_list":["post-131258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","tag-2022-nfl-free-agency","tag-darious-williams"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}