- Position Cornerback
- Class Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 170
- Hometown Gallion, AL.
- Highschool Demopolis HS
2023 (Redshirt Junior): Started all 11 games on defense as a cornerback … Finished the season tied for third on the WCU squad with 44 total tackles including 32 solo stops and three tackles for loss … Recorded tackles in all 11 games on the season with six or more stops four times … Credited with six pass breakups and his first career interception … Posted six tackles including five solo stops at Arkansas (Sept. 2) … Had four solo tackles among his six stops in the road win at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 16), adding an interception with a 30-yard return to accompany three pass breakups … Recorded six tackles against Mercer (Oct. 28) … Posted a career-best nine tackles in the road win at nationally-ranked Chattanooga (Oct. 7) including eight solo stops … Credited with three tackles and returned an interception 100 yards to end WCU’s annual Spring Game.
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Converted to defensive back during the offseason entering 2022 camp … Played in all 11 of the team’s games as a defensive reserve and on special teams … Credited with 14 total tackles on the season including seven solo stops with one pass breakup … Posted tackles in eight of the 11 games with multiple tackles five times … Made his first tackle as a part of a career-best three solo stops in the season-opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3).
2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in nine of the team’s 11 games with a pair of starts at wide receiver … Finished with four receptions for 80 yards, adding one rush for a four-yard gain for 84 all-purpose yards on the season … Made his WCU debut against Eastern Kentucky (Sept 4), rushing ones and hauling in a fourth-quarter pass on a two-point conversion … Caught a season-best two passes for 28 yards at Oklahoma (Sept. 11) … Recorded a career-long 39-yard reception in the road win at The Citadel (Oct. 23) … Caught four passes for 120 yards including a 19-yard touchdown from QB Parish Metzger in WCU’s annual Spring Showcase scrimmage.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Alabama … Originally committed to Army West Point as a prep; Alabama: Did not see playing time for the Crimson Tide as a true freshman in 2020. High School: Was a two-sport standout playing football and running track & field … Was named the Anthony Robinson Player of the Year as a senior … Was a running back, punt and kick returner, and defensive cornerback as a prep … Received a two-star ranking from Rivals as a cornerback where he was an all-state selection with 16 interceptions between his sophomore and junior years … His high school head coach was Brian Seymore.
Personal: Is the son of Shenika and Talmus Williams.
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