When the Dallas Cowboys obtained wide receiver George Pickens in a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers on May 7, the NFL team needed a roster spot for the former Hoover High School standout.

The Cowboys created it by waiving wide receiver Seth Williams. Less than a week later, the former Paul W. Bryant High School and Auburn standout is back on a football team.

Williams has signed with the DC Defenders, the United Football League announced.

Williams joins the UFL‘s No. 1 passing team with DC quarterback Jordan Ta’amu leading the league with 1,750 yards and 14 touchdown passes in seven games in the 2025 season.

The Defenders have three games remaining on their regular-season schedule. DC plays the Arlington Renegades at 11 a.m. CDT Sunday at Audi Field in Washington. ABC will televise the game.

With a 5-2 record, the Defenders are tied for the lead in the XFL Conference with the St. Louis Battlehawks. DC defeated St. Louis 27-15 on April 13 and plays the Battlehawks again in its regular-season finale on May 30.

Williams had joined the Cowboys’ practice squad on Oct. 8 and re-signed with Dallas in January.

An All-State selection for Paul Bryant in 2016 and 2017, Williams had 132 receptions for 2,124 yards and 17 touchdowns in three seasons at Auburn.

The Denver Broncos selected Williams in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Williams had a 34-yard reception in two games as a rookie for the Broncos, but he has not appeared in an NFL regular-season game since.

Williams spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad, but he was released by the team at the end of the preseason last year.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.