The Rev. Chette Williams was the Auburn University football’s team chaplain for 26 seasons. He died Dec. 15, 2024, in a drowning at Lake Martin at the age of 61. The Rev. Chette Williams, the Auburn University football’s team chaplain for 26 seasons, died Sunday in a drowning on Lake Martin, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The longtime football chaplain for Auburn University died tragically over the weekend after misstepping while getting on a boat and falling into a local lake.

Rev. Chette Williams, a former Auburn linebacker and team chaplain, passed away at age 61 following a drowning incident on Lake Martin.

The Rev. Chette Williams, a former Auburn linebacker who served as the Tigers' chaplain over the last three decades, died after falling off a boat in Lake Martin in Alexander City, Ala., police said Monday.

The longtime pastor of the Auburn University football team died Sunday after falling into the water on Lake Martin in central Alabama.