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Ravens player Brandon Williams, fiancee find winning space in Pikesville

Ravens defensive tackle Brandon Williams found his dream home after overhearing a conversation in the locker room.

As a newly drafted rookie in the summer of 2013, Williams was too busy learning plays and practicing to spend a lot of time searching for a house. When he heard then-teammate Ray Rice telling other players he was selling a townhouse in Pikesville, Williams decided to check it out.

"For some reason I said, 'This was it,'" Williams says. "It felt right at the time. I can't explain it."

He called his girlfiend, Alyssa Karel — now his fiancee — and told her, "You're going to love it.