Roland Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRoland Williams
American football player
Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1975
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Roland Williams
- Roland Lamar Williams (born April 27, 1975), is a retired American football tight end.
- He played for Syracuse University and in the National Football League. Roland Williams was born in Rochester, New York and grew up in a challenging neighborhood.
- Roland attended Syracuse University and became the first person in his immediate family to graduate from a four-year college. Roland Williams was selected in the 1998 National Football League Draft by the Saint Louis Rams and played professionally for eight years at the tight end position.
- Highlights include the 2002 American Football Conference Championship and most notably the St.
- Louis Rams' Super Bowl XXXIV Championship in which Williams made one reception for a gain of nine yards. Following his stint with the Rams, Roland played three years for the Oakland Raiders.
- The Raiders won the American Football Conference Championship in the 2002-2003 season.
- In 2003, Roland played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- In 2004, Roland returned to play another season with the Oakland Raiders and then the subsequent season with the St.
- Louis Rams before a career ending knee injury sidelined him in 2006. Roland was nominated for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for philanthropy and citizenship.
- In 2015, Roland started the Champion Academy Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Initiative, a mentoring program in his hometown of Rochester, New York to help at-risk middle and high school students improve as students and citizens.Since his retirement as a player, Roland Williams has worked as a television/radio sports analyst and keynote speaker.
- As a sports analyst for more than a decade, Roland has appeared on media outlets including CBS Sports Network, ESPN, MTV, NBC, NBC Sports Network, Nickelodeon, NFL Network, CNBC, Fox, Fox Sports Net, CBS and ABC.
- He has contributed on radio, online and in print publications.
- In 2008, he coached a high school student aiming to become a football player on the MTV show "Made."
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