It has been many years since Washington Huskies' starting safety Curtis Williams was paralyzed on the field battling pac-10 rival Stanford. It was the seminal moment in the 2000 Washington Huskies football season. In the last year the Huskies won the Rose Bowl, they lost someone along the way. Number 25, Curtis Williams, a safety who likely would have made it in the NFL became paralyzed from the neck down making a tackle on running back, Kerry Carter, during a contentious matchup in Palo Alto. With the biggest game in Washington versus Stanford history this Friday, we should pause and reflect on the life that was lost 14 years ago after complications due to injury Williams sustained on that rainy October afternoon at Stanford Stadium.
Remembering Curtis Williams - UW vs. Stanford October 28, 2000
