Height: 5-10   Weight: 190
College: Baylor
Position: DB   No: 31

Born: 11/2/1983
Hometown: Longview, Texas

Professional Career Highlights:  Drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL draft; saw action in 15 regular season games as a rookie, mostly on special teams coverage units; tied for the team lead with 15 special teams tackles…this marked the first time a Patriots rookie had led the team in that category since Tebucky Jones did in 1998; in 2007, Willie saw action in 15 games; scored his first career NFL touchdown on a 77-yard kickoff return against the Miami Dolphins on Oct. 10, 2007; played on special teams return and coverage units in Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants. 

College Accomplishments: Played in 46 games with 34 starts at Baylor, setting multiple school records as a return specialist while also starting every game of his final three seasons at safety; recorded 219 tackles (153 solo), with 8.5 sacks, 26 tackles for losses, three interceptions and 13 passes defensed; set Baylor career records for total kick returns (164), total kick return yards (2,596), kickoff returns (67), kickoff return yards (1,647) and punt return yards (949); ranked second in total punt returns (97), fourth in yards per kickoff return (24.58) and fifth in yards per punt return (9.78); had 42 career returns of 25-plus yards (31 kickoff, 10 punt, 1 interception), including nine such returns (6 kickoff and 3 punt) in 2005; finished his career with 2,654 all-purpose yards (2,596 kick return, 51 interception return and 7 rush), good for eighth on Baylor's all-time list; became the first player in school history to crack the all-time all-purpose list with fewer than 10 total rushing or receiving yards; first-team Big 12 Kick Returner in 2004 and first-team All Big 12 Defensive Back in 2005; first-team all Texas college in 2005; only player to be both an offensive kick returner and defensive back

Personal:  Attended Longview (Tex.) High School, where he was selected as a first-team member of the Texas Football's Super Team as a senior defensive back; earned honorable mention 5A All-State honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association and was named one of the top 100 prospects in Texas by The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle, Waco Tribune-Herald and Austin American-Statesman.