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Phil Steele's 2019 Preseason All-NEC First Team
2019 All-NEC Preseason Team

Chris Williams is an athletic, agile, mobile and strong defensive lineman who is one of talents up front in the NEC and potentially among the nation's best.

2018: While perhaps the most unsung among the Seahawk's All-NEC honorees a year ago, his important contributions up front did not escape the attention of the league's coaches who recognized his vast talent by voting him to the All-NEC Second Team ... This run-stuffing force responded to the tutoring of the Seahawks' first-year defensive line coach, and former seven-year NFL standout, Terrance Knighton, throughout the 2018 season, and is looking for even bigger and better things as a senior in 2019 ... A starter in all 11 games, Williams was credited with 25 tackles on the season, including 14 solo hits, with a sack vs. Monmouth (9/29) in addition to 11 assisted stops.... Recorded  three or more tackles in six different games, highlighted by a career-high five-tackle effort at Central Connecticut (10/27) ... In this contest, he also came up with one of his two blocked kicks on the year, with this one being returned 36 yards for a touchdown by fellow D-lineman Charbel Dabire.

2017: Saw action in all 11 games, with four starts … Credited with 13 tackles, including six solo stops … Had two tackles in five different games, one of which was a six-yard tackle for loss in the season-ending win at Sacred Heart (11/18).

2016: Saw action in all 11 games … Recorded five tackles on the season with a season-high two stops at UMass (10/29) … Of his five tackles, two were tackles for loss … Undeclared major.

Before Wagner: Excelled at both defensive end and defensive tackle for the Patriots ... Earned First-Team All-Conference honors ... Member of the All-Bowl Team.