Former Heisman Trophy winner and Miami Dolphin great Ricky Williams was stopped, frisked and questioned by Tyler, Texas, police earlier this month in the hotel parking lot where he was staying while attending an event for NFL Hall of Famer Earl Campbell.
Williams, 39, in town for the Tyler Rose Award, a local prize to the outstanding offensive player in college football, was forced by police to interlock his fingers behind his back and spread his legs while they searched him for a weapon.
A 7-minute and 21-second police dashcam video released by Tyler police shows an officer telling Williams they got a call from a resident behind the Marriott Courtyard where Williams was staying, saying someone had climbed a fence in his yard.