2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 68
BY SENATOR BERNARD
A RESOLUTION
To commend Kyle Williams on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named to the Hall
of Fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2022 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes
Kyle Williams; and
WHEREAS, Kyle Williams is a native of Ruston, Louisiana, where he graduated
from Ruston High School and was rated as one of the nation's top defensive prospects in
2002; and
WHEREAS, in his senior year of high school, Williams was named the Louisiana
Class 5A Defensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) after recording seventy-eight tackles,
seventeen for losses and seven sacks, and in that season, he recorded six forced fumbles, four
recovered fumbles, and one interception; and
WHEREAS, as a former Louisiana State University (LSU) All-American standout,
Williams played in forty-six games with thirty-three starts; and
WHEREAS, Williams was named a second-team Associated Press All-American in
his senior year at LSU and helped the LSU Tigers claim the Bowl Championship Series
(BCS) title in 2003; and
WHEREAS, during his career at LSU, Williams had one hundred forty tackles with
twenty-six tackles for loss and he had sixteen and one-half sacks; and
WHEREAS, Williams was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2006 National Football
League Draft; and
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WHEREAS, Williams spent his entire NFL career playing defensive tackle for the
Bills and played in one hundred eighty-three games and was a starter in one hundred
seventy-eight games; and
WHEREAS, Williams' best season with the Bills was in 2013 when he totaled
sixty-eight tackles with ten and one-half sacks and twenty-two quarterback hits; and
WHEREAS, Kyle Williams, a six-time Pro Bowler, was described as the "heart and
soul" of the Bills during his professional football career; and
WHEREAS, during the last football game he played as a member of the Buffalo
Bills, Williams had three tackles and, in what turned out to be the final play of his career,
Williams caught a nine-yard pass; and
WHEREAS, at the time of his retirement, Williams had six hundred ten tackles and
sacks, making him one of the top Bills' players in franchise history, and his forty-eight and
one-half sacks the most among defensive tackles in a Bills' uniform; and
WHEREAS, Kyle Williams was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of
Fame as a member of the 2021 class.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Kyle Williams on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Kyle Williams.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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