Williams Leads Personnel

Former Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, Most Valuable Player of the team’s Super Bowl XXII championship, was named Senior Vice President of Player Personnel on June 13. Here is an excerpt of his remarks.

“The Washington Redskins don’t start today with me. It goes all the way back to 1986 when I got a call from a guy by the name of Joe Gibbs, and when coach Gibbs got off the phone, I talked to Bobby Beathard. A couple of days later, I was in Washington and I had a chance to sit down with a guy by the name of Bobby Mitchell. It resonated that day what this organization was all about – the legacy and the history of the Washington Redskins – and I was one proud guy to be a part of it. And it afforded me an opportunity to do something that I think every player wants to do, and that’s to go to the Super Bowl, and I got a chance to do that. And about four years ago, I got a chance to come back, and this is like coming back home to me. You know, I’ve been around the circuit, but there’s nothing like coming back here to a place that gave you an opportunity to be on top of the stage in football. Washington did that for me.