Wasn't that Ron Thompson doing the backflips?
Maybe Thompson can. I'd actually believe that. Williams talked all this junk, and in reality he runs like the fat kid with athsma from "Little Giants"...
"I'm a three-technique. If you get me a one-on-one every play, I guarantee I'm gonna win," Wayne Williams said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon. "And if you stuff me in the nose (tackle), I guarantee there's gonna be no penetration. So the O-line is really screwed because they're gonna be stopped at the line."
Anselmo followed Williams closely throughout his time at ASA College in Brooklyn, where he enrolled following high school to improve his grades. As more schools started showing interest in Williams, Anselmo reminded him which school first showed interest, back when he was only a sophomore. That loyalty was enough to keep Williams on board through a coaching change that saw former coach Doug Marrone and seven of his assistants, including Anselmo, head to Buffalo last January.
There is a need for Williams this year on a defensive line that can always use more depth, and the staff's general recruiting philosophy with junior college players is that there's an expectation for them to immediately contribute.
"We gotta get him to do things the way I want them," defensive line coach Tim Daoust said in a recent interview in his office. "That'll be our battle."
Williams is very confident in his abilities and has a checklist of goals for both himself and the team to accomplish this season.
1. Solidify a starting spot on the defensive line.
2. Defeat Penn State in the Aug. 31 season opener at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
3. Become a first-team All-ACC selection and first-team All-America choice.
Williams' high school coach at Lincoln, Shawn O'Connor, told him to always set goals he can realistically accomplish and ones that will challenge him to work.
"Coach O'Connor, from the first day I picked up the sport, he told me you just don't wanna play this sport, you wanna dominate this sport and you wanna be known in this sport," Williams said.
Williams said his skillset on the basketball court has translated well onto the football field. Despite his size, Williams said he could play on the perimeter and take defenders off the dribble.
"He does a back flip and a one-handed cartwheel," O'Connor said. "So I've seen him do that, and then I knew we had something special athletically at that size."
Said Williams: "I'm a different type of beast. When you look at me, you probably think I'm just a big guy who can stop the run. I love sacks. That's what I get. When you double team, I still break through your double team with the power. I'm a gameplan changer because you have to change the gameplan with me on the field. You have to."