Derrick Williams is an American football wide receiver who is with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 18th pick of the 3rd round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He was a wide receiver and 2008 team captain for the Penn State Nittany Lions. Williams was widely regarded as the top high school football prospect of 2005, coming out of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. He received scholarship offers from more than 50 Division I schools. Relentless recruiting forced him to twice change his cell phone number. He was named Rivals.com High School Junior... of the Year in 2003, and was ranked as the number one recruit in the nation after his senior year. Williams initially leaned towards attending the University of Florida, but re-opened his recruitment after the firing of head coach Ron Zook. He strongly considered offers from Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, before announcing live on ESPN that he would attend Penn State. Penn State was coming off four losing seasons in five years, and head coach Joe Paterno was under increasing pressure to retire.
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| Birthdate: | July 6, 1986 |
| Birthplace: | Washington, D.C. |
| Age: | 25 |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| Weight: | 197 lbs. |
| All Positions Played: | Wide receiver |
| Education: | Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Pennsylvania State University |
| Also known as: | Jesus Shuttlesworth, Derrick Dwanye Williams |