Buffalo Bills’ Breakout Players of 2012: CB Aaron Williams

May 26, 2012   ·   Robert Quinn   ·   Jump to comments

In the sixth installment of my “Predicting the Bills’ breakout players of 2012″ series, I’ll take a look at cornerback Aaron Williams.
The Buffalo Bills selected Aaron Williams out of Texas with the No. 34 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, despite concerns regarding whether he was a better fit as a safety or at cornerback. Buddy Nix and company didn’t mind the nitpicking and jumped at the chance to select the Longhorn.
Williams appeared in nine games in his rookie year, starting six of them, despite playing with a nagging chest injury that plagued him most of the season. He recorded 32 tackles, an interception, forced a fumble and deflected five passes in that time. As we all know, Williams didn’t have an offseason to absorb the playbook and style of defense the Bills operate, so his solid play was a surprise to many fans.
Now, with an offseason to learn under the Bills’ secondary coach George Catavolos, Williams could make maj...

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