Departing Auburn RB D.J. Williams announces transfer to ACC program, reunion with former Tigers assistant
The transfer portal appears to be sending SEC players to Tallahassee. Mike Norvell’s Florida State program picked up its second SEC transfer of the night when former Auburn running back D.J. Williams announced he would be continuing his college football career at FSU.
Like former South Carolina DL Keir Thomas, it’s a return to the Sunshine State for Williams. Out of Sebring (Florida), Williams was rated 4-stars, the No. 21 running back, No. 40 recruit in the Sunshine State and No. 319 prospect overall nationally in the class of 2019 on the 247Sports Composite. He collected 19 other scholarship offers in the process, including Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee.
As a sophomore, Williams was fourth on the team in rushing production in 2020, generating 199 yards and 3 touchdowns on 38 carries. His average of 5.24 yards per carry was second on the team behind freshman standout Tank Bigsby (6.04). It was a reduction in touches for Williams after carrying the ball 84 times for 400 yards and 2 TDs in his freshman season.
The transfer to FSU reunites Williams with former Auburn offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham.
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How deep is AU at running back?
Was the deepest position at the beginning of the season but now is the smallest with only 2 RBs on scholarship. Would take a transfer or two probably.. but remember with Cadillac being one of the best and most consistent coaches on staff, it shouldn’t be a problem.
I thought they were getting thin. Though they have plenty of spots left to go in their incoming class to get one or two good ones. Yes Cadillac is a good RBs coach, but even he can not coach someone that is not there.
Exactly, with him being a very experienced and highly thought of running back coach it wouldn’t matter if it was the scout team running back from Tennessee Tech, Cadillac can coach em up!
But both Shivers and Tank have had injury problems. That’s what worries me.
You know if y’all hadn’t been in such a god awful hurry to fire one of the few decent coaches that could beat Saban. Next year would be your year to win!!!!!
You would have had the more experienced QB and probably WRs! Your DEFENSE would have probably been pretty stout. Y’all had a real shot at winning the west. Maybe even a playoff run. Now with this being a homerun hire. You could very well live in the land of limbo for the next 10 years. Maybe worse!!!!
UGA didn’t just go out and fire Mark Richt! We had no desire to do that. It’s just that he was a little down and too comfortable at UGA. Kirby Smart was just the next up and coming Saban assistant. He was THE ASSISTANT THAT MADE THE DYNASTY DEFENSIVELY!!!!!
Saban hasn’t been able to replace him or even come close!!! Nobody that recruits like Smart on that field. Or come close! Saban. Went another way. A way he isnt a proven winner!!! OFFENSE!!!!! We could be doing something where Saban is like a duck out of water!!!!!
PS. PERSONALy I THINK YOUR SEEING TH ENVIABLE END OF NICK SABAN.NO.HE DIDNT HAVE TIME TO BRUSH HIS HAIR!!!!!!!!But this could be his Swan song!!!!!! And he is no good at this !!!!
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You know if y’all hadn’t been in such a god awful hurry to fire one of the few decent coaches that could beat Saban. Next year would be your year to win!!!!!
You would have had the more experienced QB and probably WRs! Your DEFENSE would have probably been pretty stout. Y’all had a real shot at winning the west. Maybe even a playoff run. Now with this being a homerun hire. You could very well live in the land of limbo for the next 10 years. Maybe worse!!!!
UGA didn’t just go out and fire Mark Richt! We had no desire to do that. It’s just that he was a little down and too comfortable at UGA. Kirby Smart wasn’t just the next up and coming Saban assistant. He was THE ASSISTANT THAT MADE THE DYNASTY DEFENSIVELY!!!!!
Saban hasn’t been able to replace him or even come close!!! OR WIN A LEGIT TITLE WITHOUT HIM! Saban has nobody that recruits like Smart on that field. Really there is nobody that beats Smart in recruiting or the UGA staff!!! Saban went another way. A way that he himself isnt a proven winner!!! OFFENSE!!!!! He is doing something where Saban is like a duck out of water!!!!! Very new to the process and relies on others!
PS. PERSONALy I THINK YOUR SEEING THE INEVITABLE END OF NICK SABAN. NO HE DIDNT HAVE TIME TO BRUSH HIS HAIR!!!!!!!!But this could be his Swan song!!!!!! And he is no good at this game but might get lucky thanks to TALENT!!!! ITS A TOSS UP!!!!
King Negan
He has given up on himself, joining a pathetic ACC also-ran that will compete for nothing.
That’s where he needs to go. Really wasn’t impressed with him at Auburn and obviously he wasn’t gonna beat out Tank and when they put him in the game he didn’t do much at all and couldn’t hang on to the ball. At least at Florida state he will play because they are terrible and he shouldn’t have a problem playing there.
He’s from FL, so he went home.
I liked Williams and was surprised he didn’t have more carries in 2020, but I think there are reasonable explanations for this.
When a new coach comes in and demands more there is usually a purge of players who aren’t willing to accept the new culture. I think the transfer portal is just speeding this process up. If this is what’s happening we’ll be better on the other side but it’s going to be a difficult process and the next two years are going to be tough.