{"id":2023557,"date":"2023-09-06T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-in-construction-accident\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:26:48","slug":"former-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-in-construction-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-in-construction-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Williams, ex-Buccaneers WR, passes away in construction mishap."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-in-construction-accident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ATLANTA, GA \u2013 DECEMBER \u200b30: Mike Williams #19 \u200bof the Tampa \u2063Bay Buccaneers\u200b pulls in this touchdown reception \u2063against the Atlanta \u200dFalcons at \u200bGeorgia Dome on December 30, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo \u200dby Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:15 PM \u2013 Wednesday, September 6, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Williams,\u200b former \u200dNFL wide\u200d receiver \u200dfor the Tampa\u200c Bay Buccaneers, died on Tuesday at\u2063 age 36 after an accident occurred at a construction site in Tampa, Florida, according to \u200creports. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tragic news. \u200cFormer Bucs WR Mike \u2062Williams has died following injuries in a construction accident, according to a \u200cTV station in \u200cBuffalo. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/potential-busts-and-biggest-reaches-of-the-first-round-of-the-2021-nfl-draft\/\" title=\"Potential Busts and Biggest Reaches Of The First Round Of The 2021 NFL Draft\">fourth round pick<\/a>\u2063 of the Bucs in 2010. Had 964 yards receiving and\u2062 11 TDs and was a finalist \u2063for Pepsi Rookie \u2064of the Year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fT7Qplr5qH\">https:\/\/t.co\/fT7Qplr5qH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Rick\u200b Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLSTROUD\/status\/1699238759731020086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Williams, the Syracuse University standout\u200c and \u200dretired NFL wide receiver, had been working\u200c at a construction site on Tuesday when he suffered\u200d severe wounds\u200b in an accident. <\/p>\n<p>Williams, who was born in Buffalo, New York, \u201cpassed \u2063away following \u2064injuries sustained during an accident on a construction site,\u201d according to a story \u200dpublished\u200b on Tuesday night by a local Buffalo news station.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier\u2064 this week, the former\u2062 football star\u2019s father, Wendell Muhammad, also \u2064provided more information regarding \u2063the tragedy in a\u2063 GoFundMe post\u200c set \u200cup\u200b by a woman named \u200bLatrina Moore.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Williams \u201crecently had a major accident at\u200d work\u201d in Tampa Bay, Florida, Muhammad claimed,\u2064 in which \u201ca steel\u2063 beam fell on his head, causing a massive head injury.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He did not specify when the\u200b tragedy occurred, however, he\u200d mentioned that on September 1<sup>st<\/sup>, Williams experienced \u201csevere breathing problems and\u200b had to be rushed to ICU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After being rushed by emergency \u2062personnel to a Tampa hospital, the former NFL receiver \u201cnever regained consciousness,\u201d according to his family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs a result of this accident, there\u200d was swelling on his brain and swelling \u200bon his spinal cord\u200c that \u2064ruptured,\u201d \u2062his father wrote. \u201cThese injuries resulted\u2064 in complete paralysis in his \u200bright arm as well as his lower \u2063body from the\u200b waist down.\u2064 As you can probably imagine, this is painful for me and has me \u200ddistraught.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Buffalo native had played for Syracuse for three seasons and led\u2063 the team with 461\u200b receiving yards.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2010 NFL Draft,\u200b he was \u2062a fourth-round\u2064 selection by\u2063 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he made an excellent impression right off the bat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDang man hurts my heart \u2062seeing the news of my former teammate and Buccaneers\u200b 2010 draft class\u200c brother Mike Williams,\u201d \u2062former Bucs teammate Gerald McCoy wrote on X. \u201cAlways <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-in-construction-accident\/\" title=\"Mike Williams, ex-Buccaneers WR, passes away in construction mishap.\">great energy brought joy<\/a> and laughter to the locker room and a heck of a player!! Prayers and blessings to his family!!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With 964 receiving yards and\u2064 65 receptions in\u2064 his debut season, \u200dhe finished one reception short of tying for the team lead. He led the team in scoring with\u200d 11 goals, and thanks to his outstanding\u200d season, he was \u200cnamed the \u201cOffensive Rookie of the Year\u201d in second-place, just behind Sam Bradford of the St. Louis Rams.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2013 season, the Bucs signed \u200dhim to a contract for\u200b close to $40 million, but he \u2064only participated in six games before being moved to play \u200bfor his hometown with the Buffalo Bills\u2064 in New York in 2014. <\/p>\n<p>Williams had intended to serve a six-game suspension in 2015, however,\u2064 he was able to remain a free agent the entire season. He finished his football career spending part of 2016 with the \u2064Kansas City Chiefs in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>In his overall professional career, he played in 63 NFL \u200dgames, starting in\u2063 52 of them, had 223 receptions for 3,089 yards, and 26 touchdowns. <\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200binformed!\u200b Receive breaking news \u2063blasts directly to \u2063your inbox for \u2062free. 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