47 Shadow Williams

[angcatfan]

Williams is a 6-0, 218, freshman linebacker from Land O'Lakes, FL. There is no additional information on Williams from the official site who appears to be walking on. Here is an interview that Williams gave to his local community newspaper:

Williams has been a linebacker the longest of the three, taking to the spot at age 5 while playing with the South Tampa Boys and Girls Club.

“When I was a little kid I saw Ray Lewis play, and he was a big inspiration to me,” Williams said. “He’s easily my favorite linebacker. His enthusiasm and his intensity bring the team together. When it’s fourth and one you can count on Ray Lewis to make the stop.”

The 6-foot, 221-pound Williams transferred to Land O’ Lakes from Freedom for his junior season and quickly became a leader of the Gators defense despite the physical and mental demands that come with the job.

“I like the challenges that come with it,” Williams said. “The team has to count on the linebacker to do a lot of things and I want the team to be able to count on me to get it done. You have to get after the quarterback and running back, cover guys and also make sure everyone is in the right position.”

Part of that challenge is learning how to snuff out an offensive play and bring it to a painful end for whoever has the ball.

“When you make that perfect play, when you read the linemen just right and get a clean break into the backfield is like nothing else,” Williams said. “There are times when you can just see what the play is going to be, and it’s one of the greatest things to stop it before it starts.”

Williams most enjoys playing close to the line of scrimmage.

“Sometimes I know I get too close to the line because I’m so anxious to get in there and hit somebody,” Williams said. “Coach sometimes has to calm me down so I make the right reads.”

Williams had a career-high of 17 tackles last year against both Springstead and Wesley Chapel. He posted a career-best four sacks in that contest against the Wildcats. However, Williams said his favorite game was against Anclote last year, when he had nine tackles and one sack.

“Their offensive line was playing really well, but me and our old defensive coordinator (Jason Hatcher) came up with a new blitz on the spot,” Williams said. “It worked perfect.”

Williams has been working on almost everything to take his game to the next level.

“My size, my speed, my footwork, but the thing I’ve been working on the most is trying to read the offense to get a jump on the play,” Williams said.

Here's his HS highlight video as well as tapes from the national underclassman camp:

[MojoJojo3155]

Spur?

[Merkin]

2 star on ESPN.

Unrated on Rivals with an offer from NC Central. Nothing on Scout except his picture.

And seriously, what a rotten team to play for.

School: Land O'Lakes Gators Season: Varsity 11-12 Sport: Football
Overall: 0-10-0 League: 0-9-0 National Rank: 3086 FL State Rank: 202

202nd ranked in the state?

[threenumberones]

Seems like we have quite a few spurs. The only 40 time I saw listed wasn't so good, and he doesn't look much faster on film. Dude can wrap up though and does have a strong motor. Guessing the staff uses a RS year to figure out if he can contribute or not. Quite a distance to come cross country and walk on based on blind faith though..

[HeHateMe]

He is originally from Arizona.

[Merkin]

Originally Posted by HeHateMe

He is originally from Arizona.

Arrested for shoplifting in Phoenix?

http://www.jailbase.com/en/arrested/...lliams-p871729

Nice neck tats.





/not really him, same name, different age and race

[threenumberones]

Originally Posted by HeHateMe

He is originally from Arizona.

Ah, makes more sense. Thanks for that..