UW Offers Oaks Christian WR, Son of Former NFL Tight End
Justice Williams has a first name that suggests he knows right from wrong. He has a last name that says Super Bowl winner.
The trick now is to spell out a college football destination and it appears the University of Washington is among the leaders for this 6-foot-4, 205-pound wide receiver from the Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California.
The son of a former NFL tight end, Williams holds 16 scholarship offers and has told recruiting analysts Syracuse and the Huskies are recruiting him the hardest.
One is his dad's alma mater, the other the employer for JaMarcus Shephard, a Husky recruiter who has a good connection with Williams so far.
On Wednesday, the UW and Shephard offered him a football scholarship and will host Williams on a recruiting visit on June 23.
"Coach Shepherd is my lead recruiter and we have a good relationship," Williams told 247 Sports. "We have the same mindset when it comes how receivers should be coached and play."
The Huskies have successfully recruited Oaks Christian players before, such as quarterback Nick Montana, Joe's son who didn't want to sit behind Jake Locker and finished up at Tulane; and linebacker Josh Calvert, who got injured and now plays for Utah.
With Williams, the idea would be to make him a long-term Husky. He comes off a junior high school season in which he caught 54 passes for 910 yards and 10 touchdowns for a 7-4 playoff team.
He's the son of Roland Williams, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound tight end who played eight NFL seasons for the Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams. He was part of the Rams team that beat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000.
The older Williams currently is chairman and CEO for Brown Diamond Holdings and even serves as a football analyst for KABC-TV in Los Angeles.
He can probably tell you that Justice Williams is a promising Southern California football player with plenty of college options.
Go to si.com/college/washington to read the latest Inside the Huskies stories — as soon as they’re published.
Not all stories are posted on the fan sites.
Find Inside the Huskies on Facebook by searching: Inside Huskies/FanNation at SI.com or https://www.facebook.com/dan.raley.12
Follow Dan Raley of Inside the Huskies on Twitter: @DanRaley1 or @UWFanNation or @DanRaley3
Have a question, direct message me on Facebook or Twitter.