> [Cowboys](https://archive.md/o/xn1mC/https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/) defensive tackle Quinnen Williams recently took up something a lot of people in their late 20s do. He picked up a club and started golfing.
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> Since starting about a year ago, he’s found it’s hard to stop, saying during minicamp last month that the hobby has been super addicting.
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> “I’m going to golf a little bit on this little break,” Williams said, referring to the five weeks between the team’s minicamp in June and the start of training camp in Oxnard, Calif., in late July. He then paused to listen to another question before changing his expected golf plans.
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> “Probably every day,” Williams said, before pausing and changing his plans one more time. “For sure every day.”
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> Golf has been a change for Williams in his personal life. This coming season, Williams hopes he can find a change in his professional life too.
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> Williams has had a unique career to this point. The 28-year-old was selected third overall in 2019 and has lived up to expectations. He’s top-10 among the highest-paid defensive tackles in the NFL, despite signing his extension in 2023. He was named a first-team All-Pro in 2022. He’s made the Pro Bowl four times in his seven-year career.
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> His individual success, however, hasn’t mirrored team success. Williams has never played in the postseason. He’s never really been that close to it, either.
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> The Jets averaged just over five wins per season in his six full seasons there. The most wins they had in a single year was seven — the same number of wins the Cowboys had last year when [they acquired Williams in a blockbuster trade at the deadline](https://archive.md/o/xn1mC/https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2025/11/04/dallas-cowboys-quinnen-williams-new-york-jets-nfl-trade-deadline/).
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> The inverse relationship between personal and team success is unique. In fact, every active NFL player with five Pro Bowls in their career — one more than Williams currently has to his name — has played in at least one playoff game in their career. Research shows that Williams and New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns are the only active players with four Pro Bowls who have yet to make the playoffs.