Updated: November 29, 2001, 10:21 AM ET

Kiper's Sleepers: OL Richard Williams

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Jr. By Mel Kiper Jr.
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Editor's Note: Each week, Mel Kiper Jr. highlights one of the intriguing "sleeper" prospects available for the 2002 NFL draft.

Richard Williams, at 6-foot-2 3/4 and 345 pounds, plays left tackle in Gardner Webb's run-and-shoot, spread-style offense and projects as a guard in the NFL.

Because he was a partial qualifier out of high school in Virginia, Williams ended up at Gardner Webb, now an independent Division I-AA school, instead of at a major Division I program. He was over a 3.0 GPA last semester as a sociology major and is on track to graduate.

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