Trent Williams’ wife, Sondra Williams, announced Sunday evening that their son Trenton O’Brien Williams Jr. was stillborn at 35 weeks.
Sondra made the announcement on Instagram. She wrote that the stillbirth occurred on November 24.
“It has been extremely difficult to process the saddest Hello and Goodbye I have ever had to endure,” Sondra wrote. “Last Sunday evening on 11/24/24 I welcomed your lifeless body of 4lbs 8oz 18.5 in a long body at 11:38pm.
“At only 35 weeks, your impactful and quick arrival didn’t even give mom time to get an epidural. I’m so grateful to have had your Aunt Katina (who also cut your umbilical cord) and nurse Hannah by my side. “
Williams, an All-Pro tackle for the San Francisco 49ers, has not publicly discussed the tragedy. The 49ers shared a statement from head coach Kyle Shanahan offering condolences on Monday evening.
“When you deal with tragedies like this, it’s difficult as a coach, as a friend and as a family member,” Shanahan’s statement read. “It’s difficult for everyone.
“But we spend a lot of time together and that’s the nice thing about a football team. Whatever you go through, good or bad, we go through it together.”
The death of a child was the second death for a 49ers player and his family this season. In October, cornerback Charvarius Ward announced that he and his girlfriend Monique Cook had lost their 1-year-old daughter Amani Joy. Amani Joy had previously been diagnosed with a heart condition.
In her announcement, Sondra revealed that Trenton was one of two sets of twins and that she lost the other twin during pregnancy. She wrote that Trenton had been diagnosed with trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), a rare genetic condition that affects the development of the face, brain and heart.
“As much as I tried to prepare myself for our meeting, I was not prepared for it and never would be,” Sondra wrote. “After losing your twin brother early in pregnancy, I prayed and hoped that your diagnosis of Trisomy 13 was not true and would not be the fate of my long-awaited beautiful Son-shine.☀️ My first born and only son, I have wanted you always have, but God wanted and needed you even more.”
Williams, 36, is a three-time All-Pro and 11-time Pro Bowler in his fifth season with the 49ers. He is dealing with an ankle injury and has been inactive in San Francisco’s last two games. It is unclear when he will return to the lineup.
