Education
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University.
He is best known as a motivational speaker. An 8-year NFL veteran, Roland has enjoyed great success on the field and off, and now best known as a motivational speaker. Roland was selected in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Saint Louis Rams.
In 2003, Roland played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In unique fashion, Roland returned to play another season with the Oakland Raiders and then the subsequent season with the Saint Louis Rams before a career ending knee injury sidelined him in 2006. Known throughout his career as a premier blocking tight end in the NFL, it"s Roland’s persona that has labeled him as one of the most positive and energetic athletes in professional sports.
In 1999, Roland founded Youth Lifeline America, a charitable organization that partners with athletes, entertainers and executives to harness the powerful influence of sports and entertainment to provide free educational training to at-risk youth across the nation. In July 2014, Williams started raising funds for a new program that would help support 500 boys and girls in his hometown of Rochester, New New York
As a sports analyst for more than a decade, Roland has appeared on media outlets including Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Network, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Music Television, National Broadcasting Company, National Broadcasting Company Sports Network, Nickelodeon, NFL Network, Consumer News and Business Channel, Fox, Fox Sports Net, Columbia Broadcasting System, American Broadcasting Company and many other television, radio, online and print publications.
In 2008, he coached a studious high school student aiming to become a football player on the Music Television show "Made.".