Trent Williams’ wife, Sondra Williams, announced Sunday night that their son, Trenton O’Brien Williams Jr. was stillborn at 35 weeks.
Sondra announced it on Instagram. She wrote that the stillbirth took place on November 24.
“It was extremely difficult trying to process the saddest hello and goodbye I’ve ever had to endure,” Sondra wrote. “Last Sunday night 11/24/24; I welcomed your soulless 4lb 8oz 18.5 in a long little body at 11.38pm.
“At 35 weeks, your forceful and quick arrival didn’t even give mom time for an epidural. I’m so thankful I had your Aunt Katina (who also cut your cord) and nurse Hannah by my side.”
Williams, an All-Pro tackle for the San Francisco 49ers, has not commented publicly on the tragedy. The 49ers shared a statement from head coach Kyle Shanahan Monday night with condolences.
“When you have to deal with tragedies like this, it’s tough as a coach, it’s tough as a friend, it’s tough as a family member,” Shanahan said in a statement. “It’s hard for everyone.
“But we spend a lot of time together and that’s what’s great about a football team. Whatever you go through, good or bad, we go through it together.”
The child’s death was the second 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 one-year-old daughter, Amani Joy. Amani Joy was previously diagnosed with heart disease.
In her announcement, Sondra revealed that Trenton was one of two twins and that she lost the other twin in pregnancy. She wrote that Trenton had been diagnosed with Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), a rare genetic disorder that affects the development of the face, brain and heart.
“As much as I tried to prepare for our meeting, I was not ready and I never will be,” Sondra wrote. “After losing my twin in early pregnancy, I prayed and hoped that your diagnosis of Trisomy 13 is not true and it will not be the fate of my long-awaited beautiful Son-shine.”☀️ My firstborn and only son, I always love you wanted, but God wanted and needed you more.”
Williams, 36, is a three-time All-Pro and 11-time Pro Bowler in his fifth season with the 49ers. He had an ankle injury and was inactive for San Francisco’s last two games. It is not clear when he will return to the lineup.