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OU Target Scooby Williams Makes SIAA Top 10

Williams will announce his top four schools this week
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OU Target Scooby Williams Makes SIAA Top 10
OU Target Scooby Williams Makes SIAA Top 10

SIAA Top 10 Defensive Ends

Jeremiah "Scooby' Williams will announce his top four schools on Aug. 20.

Oklahoma is still in the mix for the defensive end that SI All-American ranks as the No. 7 edge rusher in the 2021 recruiting class.

“A more compact edge prospect compared to others on the list, Williams may have the best range within the top 10,” writes SIAA’s Edwin Weathersby. “Not only can he pressure the passer with a lower center of gravity and a first step that leaves tackles with less time to combat his speed rush, but he can work just as well off the ball as a true second-level player. From there, the Birmingham native can affect the offense in coverage, as a downhill talent or as a blitzer, showcasing great anticipation and instincts on his path to the backfield.

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“Armed with a strong punch and great hands overall, a lack of elite length is compensated for by an understanding of how to beat blockers in the phone booth with subtle quickness and a mature pass rush plan. Williams — who can win with an inside long-arm stab, inside chop-and-club, rip, and swim in addition to the speed rush — fits best as a Jack or Sam edge-type, working on the flanks in a defense with a 3-4 base.”

SI All-American is in the midst of revealing its Preseason SI99, ranking the top 99 college football prospects regardless of position.

To that end, SIAA is has compiled a top 10 for each position group ahead of the 2020 season.

The evaluation process will continue throughout the season “until the list of 1,000 contenders coalesces around just 25 young men who can say proudly they are the best of the best — they are Sports Illustrated All-Americans,” said SI All-American’s John Garcia.

The candidates will be narrowed to 250 finalists in October and 99 finalists in November, and will culminate with 25 first-team Sports Illustrated All-Americans saluted at SI’s annual Sportsperson of the Year banquet in New York in December.

Here are the best of the best defensive edge prospects ahead of the 2020 football season.

1. JT Tuimoloau, Sammamish (Wash.) Eastside Catholic

  • 6-5, 280
  • Considering Washington, Ohio State, Alabama, USC and Stanford, among others

2. Jack Sawyer, Pickerington (Ohio) North Pickerington

  • 6-5, 230
  • Committed to Ohio State

3. Demeioun Robinson, Gaithersburg (Md.) Quince Orchard

  • 6-4, 220
  • Committed to Maryland

4. Dylan Brooks, Roanoke (Ala.) Handley

  • 6-5, 250
  • Committed to Tennessee

5. Keeshawn Silver, Rocky Mount (N.C.) Rocky Mount Senior

  • 6-5, 255
  • Committed to North Carolina

6. Elijah Jeudy, Philadelphia (Pa.) Northeast

  • 6-3, 240
  • Committed to Georgia

7. Jeremiah Williams, Birmingham (Ala.) Ramsay

  • 6-4, 220
  • Considering Auburn, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma and others

8. Quintin Somerville, Scottsdale (Ariz.) Saguaro

  • 6-3, 230
  • Committed to Michigan

9. Dallas Turner, Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas

  • 6-3, 225
  • Committed to Alabama

10. Zaire Patterson, Winston-Salem (N.C.) Preparatory Academy

  • 6-6, 230
  • Committed to Clemson

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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