Position: Safety
Class: Grad student
Height: 6-0
Weight: 216
Hometown: Dayton
High School: Dunbar
Honors and achievements: He was named to the BTN.com All-Big Ten postseason team after leading MSU with 10 tackles in a Cotton Bowl victory over Baylor. In the same season, he won MSU's Outstanding Underclassmen award.
Notes: Williamson earned a starting job as a junior. He suffered a biceps injury as a senior last fall and missed the last eight games but returned for the College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama. Before his injury, he returned a fumble 64 yards for a touchdown against Air Force.
Quote: Spartans co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel to MLive.com about Williamson, "If he ends up being a free-agent guy and I'm an NFL GM, I'm trying to get him on my football team, because he is one of those guys that probably is undervalued right now because of his limited reps as a senior.
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