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At Southern, he concentrated on his academics, not playing football until his junior year. Eventually, after being encouraged by his old high school teammate [[Maurice Hurst (cornerback)|Maurice Hurst]], he decided to join the team as a walk-on. He started out playing mostly on special teams, but made the starting lineup in the 5th game. Williams kept his involvement with the football team a secret from his family until he made the travel squad for the 2nd game of the season. In the following season, Williams was named to the All-Southwestern Athletic Conference team after leading the conference with seven interceptions. In 1990, Williams stayed on the team as a [[graduate student]] and fifth year senior in order to improve his draft status. He made the ALL SAC team again and tied the [[NCAA Division I-AA|Division I-AA, (now known as the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision)]] record for most interceptions with eleven.
Williams finished his college career with 20 interceptions and 28 pass deflections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aeneas Williams – Hall of Fame |url=https://allstatesugarbowl.org/classic/aeneas-williams-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810225655/https://allstatesugarbowl.org/classic/aeneas-williams-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Professional career==
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Williams is currently the founding pastor of Spirit Church in [[St. Ann, Missouri|St. Ann]], a suburb of St. Louis. He and his wife Tracy have three daughters Saenea (Aeneas spelled backwards), Tirzah, Cheyenne, and a son, Lazarus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's up with Aeneas Williams |url=http://archive.azcentral.com/sports/heatindex/articles/0520whatsup.html |website=archive.azcentral.com}}</ref>
Williams was a finalist for the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] classes of 2012 and 2013 but did not get voted in on the final ballots both times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-Cardinals defensive back Aeneas Williams a finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/articles/2012/01/07/20120107arizona-cardinals-aeneas-williams-hall-of-fame-finalist.html |access-date=September 6, 2012 |publisher=az central}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Corbett |first=Jim |date=February 2, 2013 |title=Parcells, Carter finally make Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/02/02/nfl-hall-of-fame-announcement/1886453/ |access-date=February 2, 2013 |work=USA Today}}</ref> He was elected to the
On September 24, 2014, Williams was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.
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