Cadillac Williams
Williams with the Auburn Tigers in 2004 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 24, 33 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 21, 1982 Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Etowah (Attalla, Alabama) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Auburn (2001–2004) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2005: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Regular season | 2–2 (.500) (NCAA) | ||||||||||||||
Carnell Lamar "Cadillac" Williams (born April 21, 1982) is an American professional football coach and former running back who most recently served as the running backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the running backs coach at Auburn University from 2019 to 2023, he also served as their interim head coach in 2022, the first African American to hold the position in Auburn history.
Williams played college football for the Auburn Tigers, where he set the school's record for career rushing touchdowns and helped the team go undefeated in 2004, when he was named a first-team All-American. During the 2005 NFL draft, Williams was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round and also played for the St. Louis Rams. In 2005, Williams won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.