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Virginia Tech Hokies Running Back Marshawn Williams Retires from Football

We aren’t going to link the announcements or push the “sorry” button. Most of us who played the sport, paid some price on the field (practice or game) and don’t feel sorry for Marshawn Williams. That would be the wrong emotion. We are Proud to have had him with us! Though Marshawn will be missed in a shallow Running Back depth chart, his scholarship will continue, and the Redshirt Junior will be able to do the most important thing that brought him to Blacksburg. Receive a degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Marshaw Williams Gets the Ball at the Merge Point

He will also have to settle for being a valued and cherished member of Hokie Nation.