Chris Williams holds the DE · Backup spot in Atlanta Falcons’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Chris Williams played 16 games in 2025 with a 23% snap share.

Chris Williams is a 6'2", 298-pound defensive end from Brooklyn, NY, who played college football at Wagner. Signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent, Williams has appeared in 44 career regular season games across four NFL teams. He spent 2020 on Indianapolis's practice squad before moving through stints with Kansas City and Cleveland in 2023, then joining Chicago for 2024–25. In 2024, he appeared in all 17 games (three starts), recording 23 tackles (17 solo) and three sacks, including his first career sack in Week 6. Williams recorded one sack and 14 tackles (six solo) over 14 games in 2025 and appeared in both Bears playoff contests. He enters his seventh season with the Atlanta Falcons.

Colts2020 – 2022

Browns2023

Bears2024 – 2025

Falconspresent

CollegeWagnerAcquiredAcquired from Indianapolis Colts · drafted thereHometownBrooklyn, NY