By james art FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Sam Williams was suspended three games by the NFL on Monday for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Williams was on injured reserve all season after tearing the ACL in his left knee during special teams drills in training camp in August. He then had season-ending surgery. The suspension means he will not be paid for the next three weeks, but will be eligible for reinstatement on November 11 and will not have to miss a game when he returns from the injury.
Williams was arrested twice in 2023 for traffic-related incidents.
After being pulled over in the Dallas suburb of Frisco in August 2023, just after the team returned home from a training camp in California, Williams faced charges of possession of a controlled substance and illegal carrying of a weapon.
It was seven months after Williams was charged with reckless driving following an accident a few days before Christmas 2022 in which he was traveling at almost 100mph and spinning through traffic before colliding with a vehicle driven by a 71-year-old woman a woman. Neither driver was seriously injured.
Before he got hurt in camp this year, the 6-foot-4, 261-pound Williams was expected to have a bigger role as a rusher. Linebacker Dorrance Armstrong and outside linebacker Dante Fowler left the Cowboys in free agency during the offseason.
A second-round draft pick out of Mississippi in 2022, Williams played in 32 regular-season games over the past two seasons, including all 17 last year. He has 8 1/2 sacks in his career.
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