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“It ain’t sunk in yet. I don’t know why,” said Williams, who caught 134 passes for 2,294 yards and 15 touchdowns from 2017-18 with the CFL’s Eskimos. “Man, this is an amazing feeling.”

With 9:49 left and the score tied 7-7 in a defensive slamfest, the Bills faced a 3rd-and-7 from the Titans’ seven-yard line. Bills quarterback Josh Allen faked a handoff, pulled the ball out quickly and hit Williams slanting from the right.

Williams caught four passes for 29 yards, second on the team only to John Brown’s five grabs for 75.

“I just want to do whatever I can, do my position, do my 1/11th, and put us in a position to win,” Williams told reporters. “That’s all it’s about. Everybody does their own job, don’t try to be the hero, work hard, stay down, and continue to grind.”

So many Bills fans were on hand at Nissan Stadium in Nashville that at times on TV it sounded like fans cheered louder for good Bills plays. A couple times you could even hear Bills fans chanting, “Duuuuuuuuuke!”

The 26-year-old from Reserve, La., seems a lock now to remain on the Bills’ active roster.

Williams left the Eskimos in January and signed with the Bills. He impressed at times in summer camp as a big-bodied, sure-handed pass catcher. Although the Bills cut him early last month, they signed him to their 10-man practice squad. There, he kept his head down and earned his way onto the main roster.

“He did a good job,” Bills head coach Sean McDermott said of Williams afterward. “I loved his juice. I loved the toughness he brings.