William Carr

William Carr (born July 13, 1975) is an American former professional football defensive / offensive lineman who played in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Michigan. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round (217th overall) of the 1997 NFL draft.

College career Carr attended Michigan. While there he was named First-team All-Big Ten in 1996 as well as College and Professional Football News as a First-team All-American. He finished third on Michigan's career tackles-for-loss list.

Professional career Carr was selected in the seventh round (217th overall) in the 1997 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.

In 1999, he joined the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL). While with the Predators, he recorded 13 tackles, four sacks, one pass break up, two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal. In 2000, he joined the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe. On April 26, 2003, Carr was signed by the Georgia Force. While there he recorded two tackles, for the season. For 2004, he recorded 15 tackles and 3.5 sacks for the Force. In 2005, he joined the Grand Rapids Rampage where he recorded nine tackles. In March, 2005, he was traded to the Predators in exchange for Cecil Caldwell. During his second and final stint with the Predators he recorded seven tackles and one sack.

Career statistics AFL Year Team Games Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles Blocked Solo Ast Total TFL No Int BU PD Qbh R FF Kick Saf 1999 Orlando -- 6 7 13 -- 4 0 1 0 -- 0 2 1 0 2003 Georgia -- 0 2 2 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 2004 Georgia -- 9 6 15 -- 3.5 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 2005 Grand Rapids -- 2 7 9 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 2005 Orlando -- 4 3 7 -- 1 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0Career -- 21 25 46 -- 8.5 0 1 0 -- 0 2 1 0

College Year Team Games Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles Blocked Solo Ast Total TFL – Yds No – Yds Int – Yds BU PD Qbh Rcv – Yds FF Kick Saf 1993 Michigan 4 3 1 4 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994 Michigan 11 11 5 16 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1995 Michigan 13 46 36 82 21-78 6-41 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996 Michigan 12 49 29 78 15-52 3-18 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0Career 40 109 71 180 38-138 11-67 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0

Coaching career Carr became the defensive line coach at Arizona Western College in 2012, a position he held until 2013. He joined Texas as a Special Assistant/Analyst.

Personal life After he retired from playing football, Carr ran his on apparel company called Will-O. In 2014, Carr returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan to finish his degree in kinesiology.