and not on kickoffs; and the team would not return a kick until Micheal Spurlock did so in 2007. Although he was not successful at kickoffs, Williams scored with some regularity as a punt-returner, recording one touchdown each in the 1996 and 1997 seasons as well as one each year from 2000 to 2002. At the end of the 2002 season he achieved the game's highest honor by becoming a Super Bowl Champion. A member of the first championship Tampa Bay squad; Williams’ Bucs were led by Hall of Famers linebacker Derrick Brooks and defensive tackle Warren Sapp on defense, and game-manager quarterback Brad Johnson on offense. Behind head coach Jon Gruden, the Buccaneers went 12-4 during the regular season, defeated their chief rivals the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game, and dominated the Super Bowl against the Oakland Raiders, winning 48-21 to bring the Lombardi Trophy to the Tampa Bay area. Williams left Tampa Bay after the following season and signed with the Arizona Cardinals, playing one year in the desert before leaving the NFL for good at the end of the 2004 season. Williams also remains a fan favorite in the Tampa Bay area. Part of the source of his popularity can be found in his nickname, “The Truth.” He got his nickname largely because it was the nickname of journeyman boxer of the 1980s and 1990s Carl Williams. He was most famous for going toe to toe with some of boxing's best including Larry Holmes (who Williams lost a controversial decision to) and to Mike Tyson. Like the boxer, he achieved despite his humble beginnings, his modest college, and his undrafted status to achieve greatness at football's highest level. Williams has earned a Super Bowl Ring n On his career as a punt returner Williams has said “That's being a ballplayer. Everyone talks about me as a punt returner, and they made me a punt returner in my rookie year because that was the only way I could get on the field.” His rags to riches story has led to Williams’ ownership of a small gym in Texas, where he encourages the youth of his alma mater that everyone can be successful. He is now teaching the determination and willingness to do whatever it takes that he embraced so well as a player. When asked the truth about him, old coach Jon Gruden said about Karl