Sherman Williams (American football)

Sherman Cedric Williams (August 13, 1973) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for five seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. Williams was born in Mobile, Alabama, and played college football for the University of Alabama.

Legal trouble
In 2000 he was sentenced to seven years in prison for three counts of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and a separate plea for passing counterfeit currency. Saying that his time as a professional football player toughened him for prison, Williams said in a prison interview, "You know, I would think that things that would kill the average man wouldn't even make me flinch."