Ricky Williams

Errick "Ricky" Lynne Williams Jr.^[2] is the runner-up of Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US).

Biography

Retrieved from PopTV
Age: 41
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Current City: Venice Beach, Calif.
Occupation: Former NFL superstar
Three adjectives that describe you: Curious, open-minded and present.
Favorite Activities: Taking classes in healing modalities, giving and receiving bodywork and studying/talking about astrology and philosophy.
What do you think will be the most difficult part of living inside the BIG BROTHER house? The small talk.
What moment in your career do you think prepared you to live in the BIG BROTHER house? Playing on a football team.
Do you have a strategy for winning the game? Make myself interesting enough that they want me to stick around.
My life’s motto is… Get real, keep it moving and find a way to enjoy it.
What would you take into the house and why?

Books
Herbs

Fun facts about yourself:

I’m studying Chinese medicine.
I’m an astrologer.
I have a twin sister.^[3]

Player History - Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US)

Competition History

Week 1	Power Pair	Loss
	HOH	Ineligible
	POV	Win
	POV	Ineligible
Week 2	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
Week 3	HOH	Loss
	POV	Not Picked
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
	Immunity	Loss
	HOH	Loss
	POV	Loss
Week 4	HOH	Win
	POV	Loss
	HOH	Win

Voting History

Day	Position	Voted for	With Majority?
6	POV Holder	Nominations Void
10	Immune	Jonathan Bennett	Yes
13	–	Ryan Lochte	Yes
18	–	Joey Lawrence	Yes
20	–	Kato Kaelin	Yes
24	Vetoed	Natalie Eva Marie	Yes
24	–	Tom Green	Yes
29	HOH	Kandi Burruss	Yes (Tiebreaker)
29	HOH	Dina Lohan Lolo Jones	Sole Votes
Finale	Runner-Up	–	–

HOH History

	Original Nominees			Post-Veto Nominees		Intended Target
Day 24	Dina	Kandi		Dina	Evicted Kandi	Kandi
Day 29	Evicted Dina	Evicted Lolo	Tamar	N/A		Dina	&	Lolo

Post Big Brother

Trivia

Ricky was the last man to be nominated on Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US), with his first nomination happening on Day 21.
- He's also the only man who made it to finale night.
Ricky never faced eviction during Celebrity Big Brother 2.
- Ricky is the third houseguest on Big Brother (US) to never be nominated on eviction night, following Alison Irwin in Big Brother 4 (US) and Drew Daniel and Big Brother 5 (US). They were followed by Cody Calafiore in Big Brother 22 (US). Jon Pardy, Kevin Martin and Tychon Carter-Newman also achieved this feat in Big Brother Canada.
- By extension, he is the first houseguest to cast a vote at every live eviction during the course of a single season, due to having to break a tie during Final 5 and then winning the Final HoH. Also, he voted correctly every single time.
- Coincidentally, he also received no jury votes to win at the end. Due to this, Ricky is the first person to make it to the end of the game and never receive any votes, for or against. He would be followed by Anthony Douglas in Big Brother Canada 7 and Enzo Palumbo in Big Brother 22 (US).
Including Big Brother Canada, Ricky is one of thirteen final HOHs who did not end up winning the game. Others include Nicole Nilson Schaffrich, Alison Irwin, Ivette Corredero, Ryan Quicksall, Cody Calafiore, Paul Abrahamian, Monte Taylor, Gary Levy, Godfrey Mangwiza, Kelsey Faith, Josh Nash, and Claudia Campbell.
Ricky is the third runner-up to receive no jury votes to win the game, following Memphis Garrett in Big Brother 10 (US) and Karen Singbeil in Big Brother Canada 5. They would be followed by Anthony Douglas in Big Brother Canada 7 and Enzo Palumbo in Big Brother 22 (US).
Ricky is the first Celebrity Big Brother (US) houseguest to cast an HOH tiebreaker vote.
Ricky is the sixth African-American houseguest to win two HOHs following Marcellas Reynolds, Marvin Latimer, Kalia Booker, Danielle Lickey and Omarosa Manigault. He would be followed by Kyland Young, Tiffany Mitchell, Xavier Prather, Monte Taylor, and Taylor Hale.