Juice Williams

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Juice Williams

Profile
College	University of Illinois
Position	QB
Jersey No.	7
Class	Sophomore
Career	2006 – present
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	223 lbs (101.2 kg)
Nationality	American
B-date	November 19, 1987
B-place	Chicago, Illinois
High School	Chicago Vocational Career Academy
Career Highlights
Awards
2007 Big Ten All-Conference Honorable Mention (Coaches and Media) 2007 CollegeFootballNews.com's #2 QB in the Big Ten 2007 Illinois' Outstanding Offensive Back
Championships
none
Bowl Games
2008 Rose Bowl

Juice Williams (born Isiah John Williams on November 19, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois) plays quarterback for the Illinois Fighting Illini in the NCAA college football tournament. Williams, a highly touted recruit from Chicago Vocational, elevated on his game during his sophomore year that produced a Big Ten All-Conference Honorable Mention selection from both the league coaches and media. He was among the Illini's key contributors that resulted the biggest turnaround in Division I-A football in the year 2007, passing for 1,743 yards and 13 TDs with a quarterback rating of 119.2. The 6-2", 223-lb dual threat QB also became the first signal caller in school history to eclipse the 1,000-yard career rushing mark.

1 Personal Life
2 High School
3 College
- 3.1 2006
- 3.2 2007
4 Highlights
5 Achievements
- 5.1 2007
- 5.2 2006
6 References
7 External Links

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Personal Life

Isiah, also known as Juice, is the son of Stanley Williams and Anita Haynes. His father was sentenced to five years in federal prison after getting arrested in Utah for possession of five kilograms of cocaine (with intent to distribute). After serving a year in the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., on a parole violation, Stanley was released in June of 2007. His mother Anita is a custodian at the University of Chicago Hospital. His elder brother Rashaad is a construction worker who previously played high school football at Hyde Park and Chicago King. He also has an older sister named Bianka, a younger brother named Andre, and three more sisters. Juice has a daughter named La'Chez, born September 3, to girlfriend Chez Chambers of Champaign. His nickname "Juice" was given to him ever since birth when he came out weighing 13 pounds, 8 ounces (and nearly died) and his grandmother said, 'Darn, you're a juicy baby.' Juice, who was a Neighborhood Citizen of the Month, takes up general curriculum at the University of Illinois.

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High School

Williams attended the Chicago Vocational Career Academy in Chicago, Illinois which is the same school that produced ex-Illini and NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus. Playing under coach Charles Chambers, Williams blossomed into one of the most highly decorated football players in Chicago, earning a spot in PrepStar's Dream Team and All-American team, Chicago Tribune's special mention All-State, Champaign News-Gazette's All-State, and Chicago Sun-Times' Top 100 All-Area squads. During his senior year, Williams threw for 1,841 yards and 22 touchdowns enroute to being ranked the no.5 quarterback in the nation by SI.com. The three-time All-Chicago Public League, three-time All-City and four-time All-Illini Red Bird Conference selection also put on display his dual-threat capabilities after rushing for 1,441 yards and 17 touchdowns with a 21.8 yards per carry average to go along a sole touchdown reception (65 yards) as a senior. He capped his high school career winning the Midwest Quarterback of the Year award and became a highly rated prospect as ranked by PrepStar (Top 100 recruit), Rivals.com (Top 100, 4-star recruit; 2nd-rated prospect from the state of Illinois and No. 3 pro-style quarterback in the nation), Scout.com (4-star recruit), and the Detroit Free Press (No. 7 quarterback prospect in the Midwest). In 2005, Williams took part in the EA Sports Elite 11 Quarterback camp where he bagged the Best Feet and Most Likely to Play First Awards and earned runner-up honors in the Strongest Arm and Most Improved Camper category. He also served as a reserve in the Army All-American Bowl. As successful as he was on the football field, Williams was also an achiever off of it, as he was an honor roll student in high school.

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College

Williams chose Illinois over North Carolina, Penn State, Tennessee and Ohio State.

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2006

As a freshman, Williams split the quarterbacking chores with Tim Brasic and made his collegiate debut against Eastern Illinois, where he completed 2 of 4 passes for 25 yards in the lopsided victory. He had a career game two weeks later against Syracuse, where he completed 9 of 16 passes to establish a career high of 227 passing yards with two touchdown passes of 76 and 69 yards which stood as the 11th and 13th longest play in Illinois history, respectively and in the process became the first quarterback in school history to throw two TD passes of more than 65 yards in one game. After that game, Williams got the nod to start against Iowa where he completed 9 of 32 passes for 161 yards and 1 TD but had three pick offs in the loss. The next game, he spearheaded the Illini offense in the win against Michigan State, completing 9 of 16 passes for 122 yards and 1 TD while also rushing 17 times for 103 yards enroute to claiming Rivals.com's Freshman of the Week honors. In the next four games, Williams completed over 10 passes (10 vs. Indiana, 16 vs. Ohio, 13 vs. Penn State, and 13 vs. Wisconsin) and went over 100 yards in those outings. He scored his first touchdown run against Purdue, rushing for a career high 145 yards against the Boilermakers (most by an Illinois QB in a single game). Williams ended the year named as the team's rookie of the year as well as a spot at The Sporting News' freshman All-America honorable mention selection.

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2007

Williams made his sophomore season debut against Missouri, completing 6 of 9 passes for 59 yards in the 34-40 loss to the Tigers. He led the Illini to a shut-out victory the following week over Western Illinois, completing 50% of his passes while also scoring his first TD rush of the year. He had his first of two 2-rushing TD games against Ball State, his first 200-yard game of the season against Minnesota, had a career-high 4 touchdown passes against Ohio State (12 of 22 for 140 yards), and established career highs in completions (15), passing yards (220), carries (23), and rushing yards (136) in the regular season finale against Northwestern. He made his postseason debut in the Rose Bowl against USC, breaking his personal bests in completions (21), attempts (35), and passing yards (245) in the loss to the Trojans. For his efforts against the Buckeyes, Williams earned the nod as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and later on in the postseason, got a spot at the Big Ten All-Conference honorable mention selection.

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