{"id":2023979,"date":"2023-09-06T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/correction-former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-on-life-support-not-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T20:27:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:27:13","slug":"correction-former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-on-life-support-not-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/correction-former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-on-life-support-not-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction: Ex-NFL Receiver Mike Williams on Life Support, Not Deceased."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fcorrection-former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-on-life-support-not-dead%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=2023979&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--><h2>Correction:\u2062 Former\u200b NFL Wide\u200c Receiver Mike\u200b Williams on Life Support, \u2062Not Dead<\/h2>\n<p><b><i>CORRECTION<\/i><\/b>  September 6, 2023, 6:20pm ET: Originally this article\u200b incorrectly reported\u2063 the death of former\u2063 NFL wide receiver Mike\u2064 Williams. Multiple other outlets reported the same,\u200b including \u200cFox News, The Washington Post, and\u2062 NBC Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Since those reports, however, Williams\u2019 family has \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/bucs\/2023\/09\/05\/report-former-bucs-receiver-mike-williams-dies-construction-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarified<\/a> \u200d that he is \u200cstill on life support. We apologize to\u2063 Williams\u200d and his family for the error and \u2062offer our thoughts and prayers for healing\u2063 and comfort.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Williams,\u200c a former NFL standout wide receiver and a man who was the runner-up \u2064for the Rookie\u2064 of the Year award \u2064in 2010, was reported dead at the age of \u206436.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Scott of Spectrum News in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-skip-9-11-anniversary-new-york-city-destination-planned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> first reported Williams\u2019\u200c death on \u200bX, formerly known as Twitter, on \u2062Tuesday \u200devening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple \u200csources have confirmed to me that former Syracuse and #Bills WR Mike Williams has passed away following injuries suffered\u2063 during \u2063an accident while\u200c working at a \u200cconstruction site,\u201d Scott posted.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe Buffalo native was 36 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Multiple sources have \u200cconfirmed to me that \u2064former Syracuse and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> WR Mike Williams\u200b has passed \u2064away following injuries suffered \u200cduring an \u200daccident while working at a construction\u2063 site.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bBuffalo native was 36\u2062 years\u2064 old.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon\u200d Scott (@JonScottTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonScottTV\/status\/1699227981560864974?\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/wyu9v2-travel-expenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> \u200b account set up\u200b for\u2064 Williams\u2019 father Wendell\u2062 Muhammad offered details about what\u2063 happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son played in the\u200c NFL from 2010 \u200dto 2014 for the\u200b Tampa Bay Buccaneers and his hometown\u200c team, the Buffalo Bills,\u201d Muhammad said.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2064 added, \u201cMike Williams\u2064 recently had a major accident at work. A [steel] beam fell \u200don his \u2063head causing a <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.\">massive head injury<\/a>. As\u2062 a result \u2064of this accident, \u200dthere was swelling on his \u200bbrain and swelling on his spinal \u2064cord that was \u200druptured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 father said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-man-sues-disney-claiming-severe-permanent-injuries-falling-off-magic-kingdom-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">injuries<\/a> sustained in the accident caused him\u2062 to experience \u201ccomplete paralysis\u201d in one \u2063arm as well\u200b as in \u2063his lower body\u200b \u201cfrom the waist down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/correction-former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-on-life-support-not-dead\/\" title=\"Correction: Ex-NFL Receiver Mike Williams on Life Support, Not Deceased.\">wide receiver lost consciousness<\/a> on Sept.1 and never woke up in spite of the best efforts of doctors,\u2064 Muhammad said.<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 \u200bfather was \u200bseeking\u2064 financial assistance to travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/announcer-accurately-predicts-dramatic-walk-off-hr-right-tampa-bay-secures-historic-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a> \u200dto \u200dsee his son in the\u200c hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The page has not been updated since it was announced the \u200dformer player \u2064had died.<\/p>\n<p>Williams grew up in Buffalo, New York, and played his college career at\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/syracuse-university-college-campus-racism-story-exposed-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syracuse<\/a>. From\u2063 2006 to 2009 he\u200c played\u200b in 29 games and recorded 133 receptions.<\/p>\n<p>He left \u200dthe university for the 2010 NFL Draft after\u2064 recording an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-at-age-36\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL Wide Receiver Mike Williams passes away at 36.\">impressive 20 career receiving touchdowns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangehoops.org\/MWilliams.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u200b school<\/a> said of Williams, \u201cWilliams was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2022-nfl-draft-grades-for-all-32-teams\/\" title=\"2022 NFL Draft Grades for All 32 Teams\">top receiver<\/a> on the football team. His freshman year\u2062 he led the team in \u2062receptions. He was significantly better\u200b his\u2063 sophomore \u200dseason, tying the \u2063Syracuse\u2062 season record for receptions with 60. He was named the football \u200cteam MVP that \u2064season, along with earning second-team All-Big \u2063East football honors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-tampa-bay-buccaneers-issue-update-player-hospitalized-monday-night-football-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> selected him in the fourth round and\u200c he played four seasons\u2062 with\u2064 the\u2062 team.<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 \u200dformer teammate\u2064 Gerald McCoy posted\u200b about\u200d his \u2064death on X late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDang man \u2063hurts my heart seeing the \u2063news of my former teammate and Buccaneers\u2062 2010 draft class brother Mike Williams,\u201d \u200cMcCoy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cAlways\u2063 great energy, brought \u2064joy and laughter to the locker room and \u2064a heck of \u2064a player!! Prayers and blessings to his family!!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dang man hurts my heart seeing the\u200c news of my former teammate and Buccaneers 2010\u2062 draft class brother Mike Williams. Always great \u200benergy, \u2064brought joy\u2064 and \u2062laughter to the \u200blocker room and a heck of\u2062 a player!! Prayers and blessings to his family!!\u200d <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerald \u200dMcCoy (@Geraldini93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Geraldini93\/status\/1699260196193776123?\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Williams was traded to his hometown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/buffalo-bills-gm-gives-major-update-damar-hamlin-player-meets-third-specialist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> for the 2014 season,\u200d which was \u2062his last in the league.<\/p>\n<p>He played in 63\u200c games in\u2063 an \u2062NFL career \u200cin\u200b which he caught 223\u2063 passes for 26 touchdowns, \u2064according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/13489\/mike-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-nfl-wide-receiver-mike-williams-dies-age-36\/\">Correction: Former NFL \u200cWide\u200c Receiver Mike Williams on Life Support,\u200d Not \u2064Dead<\/a> appeared first \u2062on\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORRECTION: On September 6, 2023, at 6:20pm ET, this article erroneously announced the passing of ex-NFL wide receiver Mike Williams. Various reputable sources, such as Fox News, The Washington Post, and NBC Sports, also shared this misinformation. However, Williams&#8217; family has since clarified that he remains on life support. Our sincere apologies to Williams and his loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2023980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}