Ricky Williams Signed Texas Longhorns Custom White Jersey - JSA Witnessed

Add the autograph of the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner and one of the greatest running backs in college football history — captured on a custom white Texas Longhorns jersey at the witnessed authentication tier — to your collection with this Ricky Williams Autographed Texas Longhorns Custom White Football Jersey — JSA Witnessed. Williams signed this custom white Longhorns jersey under the direct observation of a JSA representative. In his iconic 1998 senior season, Williams won the Heisman Trophy with what was then the highest percentage of first-place votes in the award's history, broke Tony Dorsett's 22-year-old NCAA career rushing record, and rushed for 2,124 yards — cementing his place as one of the most decorated players in college football history alongside Texas legend Earl Campbell. Authenticated by James Spence Authentication with a tamper-proof witness hologram, verifiable at JSA's official website.

Product Highlights

• Hand-signed by Ricky Williams — 1998 Heisman Trophy winner; broke Tony Dorsett's NCAA all-time career rushing record (6,279 yards); first-ever two-time Doak Walker Award winner; 1998 Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year; 2x unanimous consensus First-Team All-American; College Football Hall of Fame; #34 retired by Texas
• Texas Longhorns Custom White Jersey — custom white jersey (no brand name) with nicely sewn-in name and numbers; approximate size XL
• JSA Witnessed Authentication: signature obtained under the direct observation of a JSA representative; tamper-proof witness hologram verifiable at JSA's official website
• One of the finest seasons in college football history: 2,124 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns in 1998; received what was then the highest percentage of first-place Heisman votes ever cast (43% of 920 voters)
• The record-breaking moment: broke Tony Dorsett's 22-year-old NCAA career rushing record on a 60-yard touchdown run against rival Texas A&M on November 27, 1998, with Dorsett himself on the sideline to congratulate him
• Backed by our Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee

The 1998 Heisman Trophy Season

Ricky Williams produced one of the finest individual seasons in college football history in 1998. The Texas senior rushed for 2,124 yards and 27 touchdowns, won the Heisman Trophy with 43% of first-place votes — then the highest percentage in the award's history — and became just the second Longhorn ever to win the Heisman, joining Earl Campbell (1977). His season was defined by jaw-dropping performances: a 350-yard, five-touchdown game against Iowa State; a 318-yard, six-touchdown effort against Rice; and a 259-yard performance against Texas A&M in his final regular-season home game. Williams also became the first-ever two-time winner of the Doak Walker Award (the nation's top running back) and swept the 1998 Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year honors — a clean sweep of college football's major individual awards that cemented his place among the sport's all-time greats.

Breaking the NCAA's All-Time Rushing Record

The defining moment of Williams' college career came on November 27, 1998, against archrival Texas A&M. Needing 62 yards to break Tony Dorsett's 22-year-old NCAA Division I-A career rushing record of 6,082 yards, Williams took a first-quarter handoff and broke through several tacklers for a 60-yard touchdown run that shattered the mark — with Dorsett himself waiting on the Texas sideline to personally congratulate him. Williams finished his Longhorns career (1995-1998) as the most prolific rusher in major college football history, with 6,279 career rushing yards, 72 rushing touchdowns, 75 total touchdowns, and a then-NCAA-record 6.21 career yards per carry — surpassing the mark held by Ohio State's two-time Heisman winner Archie Griffin. In all, Williams set 21 NCAA records and 46 University of Texas marks across his four-year career. Texas retired his #34 jersey in a pregame ceremony on September 30, 2000, and he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

From College Legend to NFL Rushing Champion

Williams carried his college dominance to the NFL. Selected fifth overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 1999 NFL Draft, Williams went on to lead the NFL in rushing in 2002 with 1,853 yards as a member of the Miami Dolphins, and finished his 11-year professional career with 10,009 rushing yards and 66 rushing touchdowns. Known for his powerful, contact-seeking running style — an astonishing 68.3% of his college rushing yards came after initial contact — Williams was one of the most physically dominant running backs of his era at both the college and professional levels. But it was his legendary Texas tenure, and the 1998 Heisman season in particular, that anchored his place in football history — the era this custom Longhorns jersey represents.

JSA Witnessed Authentication

This jersey has been certified authentic by James Spence Authentication (JSA) through their Witnessed service — a JSA representative was physically present during the signing and observed the signature being applied to the jersey. A tamper-proof JSA hologram has been applied, with the certification verifiable online at JSA's official website.

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