--- title: Walking Dead: DeAngelo Williams Has Zombie Themed Wedding description: DeAngelo Williams tied the knot with girlfriend Risalyn Burzynski Saturday in a zombie-filled ceremony inspired by The Walking Dead. canonical: https://time.com/4435374/deangelo-williams-walking-dead-wedding/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-02T17:27:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:59.901Z og:title: DeAngelo Williams Had a Giant Walking Dead-Themed Wedding og:description: See the bridesmaids made up like the undead og:url: https://time.com/4435374/deangelo-williams-walking-dead-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: DeAngelo Williams Had a Giant Walking Dead-Themed Wedding twitter:description: See the bridesmaids made up like the undead twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # NFL Player DeAngelo Williams' _Walking Dead_\-Themed Wedding Was Seriously Elaborate  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 2, 2016 5:27 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 2, 2016 5:27 PM UTC [NFL](http://time.com/4432365/donald-trump-nfl-debate-schedule/) player [DeAngelo Williams](http://time.com/3756822/deangelo-williams-frozen-dance-daughter/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29) just raised the bar for [_Walking Dead_](http://time.com/4420036/walking-dead-season-7-trailer/)fans. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Risalyn Burzynski Saturday in a zombie-filled ceremony inspired by the AMC drama. In an [ESPN video](http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=17165552) documenting the day, Williams explains that he was so committed to the theme, he originally even wanted his engagement pictures to fit it. “I’m a huge _Walking Dead_ fan,” he says. “I wanted to do engagement photos with us being chased by zombies and we didn’t have time because it was during season and we didn’t have that opportunity, so \[Risalyn\] was like, ‘How are you going to pull that off?'” However, he was able to persuade the entire wedding party to be made up like the undead. “He didn’t have to convince me,” Burzynski explains in the clip. “He really had to convince the bridesmaids, and then he said they had to do it because they’re bridesmaids.” Watch the full video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4435374/deangelo-williams-walking-dead-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4435374/deangelo-williams-walking-dead-wedding/"},"headline":"NFL Player DeAngelo Williams' Walking Dead-Themed Wedding Was Seriously Elaborate","datePublished":"2016-08-02T17:27:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:59.901Z","description":"The bridesmaids needed some convincing","url":"https://time.com/4435374/deangelo-williams-walking-dead-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Athletes","celebrities","NFL","Weddings","TV","Walking Dead"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4435374/deangelo-williams-walking-dead-wedding/","name":"NFL Player DeAngelo Williams' Walking Dead-Themed Wedding Was Seriously Elaborate"}}]}] ```