Ricky Williams is a former professional running back who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and four years of minor league baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. He played college football for the University of Texas, where he was a two-time All-American and won the Heisman Trophy in 1998.

Williams was drafted by the New Orleans Saints fifth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft and spent three seasons with the team before he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2002. He played for the Dolphins for two seasons, and retired for the first time from football in 2004. In 2006 he played for the Toronto Argonauts that.

Williams re-joined the Dolphins in 2007 and played with them until 2010, then spent the 2011 season with the Baltimore Ravens. He was formerly an assistant football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. 

Now Ricky Williams is the co-founder of Real Wellness Herbal that is a company committed to natural healing using many types of herbs including cannabis. After football Williams studied herbalism and Chinese medicine in order to find more natural ways to take care of the body.