‘Super Bowl Champ’ Doug Williams was the first Black quarterback drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the NFL Draft in 1978. Williams played for the Buccaneers for five years. Williams’s other accomplishments include:

Winning Super Bowl XXII and being named MVP. Being a two-time HBCU National Championship head coach at Grambling State. Co-founding the Black College Football Hall of Fame and the HBCU Legacy Bowl. Being inducted into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor. Williams said he faced racism and negativity during his time with the Buccaneers. He told a podcast that people would ask him if he was the quarterback because of his skin color or because he was smart enough to do the job. Doug Williams was one of the highest-paid players in football when he signed a $3 million contract with a $1 million signing bonus for the Oklahoma Outlaws of the United States Football League.