Photos: Ricky Williams through the years

Ricky Williams ran for more than 3,200 yards in his two seasons in Miami, but informed the Dolphins that he was retiring from the NFL after 5 seasons.  (ELIOT J. SCHECHTER/GETTY IMAGES)

South Florida has never had a more fascinating sports personality than Williams. His ups and downs and ups again cycled across the decade. He led the league in rushing with 1,853 yards in 2002 and followed that up with 1,372 yards in 2003. But he had a staggering 383 and 392 carries those years, respectively, and felt he was being Earl Campbell-ized by Dave Wannstedt. That led to his quitting football four days before the 2004 training camp, failing a drug test and one of the biggest outcrys in sports history. He came back under Nick Saban, then tested positive again. He played in Canada. He came back under Cam Cameron. He thought he was going to be cut when Bill Parcells said in his first speech he wouldn’t tolerate any problem children. But the past two seasons have been a second act for Williams’ career, thriving on the field and being respected off it.  (ELIOT J. SCHECHTER/GETTY IMAGES)