Being a freshman, Williams is still learning, of course. In the Cougars' loss at San Jose State, Spartan defender Keith Smith hurdled a cut-block attempt by Williams. Smith flew over Williams, blindsided quarterback Riley Nelson and caused a fumble that sealed BYU's defeat.
"I'm not cutting as much, because I can see what happens when I cut at the wrong time, at the wrong place," Williams said.
Still, as far as the BYU offense is concerned, Williams' emergence this season has been at the right time.
He just didn't expect to play such a big role for the Cougars so soon.
"I expected to play a little bit. This is more of a surprise," Williams said of his freshman season. "I'm just grateful I got this opportunity to do what I'm doing now, to get as many carries and touchdowns and just the opportunity to play running back and start, too. I'm grateful I got this time as a freshman and I didn't have to wait as long as I thought I would."
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@patriot,
You do mean "Who will watch the game besides Aztecs, Cougars, AND Utes. Right? Let's not kid ourselves. Your bowl game is byu's bowl game this year.
patriot
Bitter, just a bit?
The NCAA Standard is to win 6 games, which apparently the mighty Utes did not. Just look at some of the SEC weaklings conference records and tell them they aren't supposed to play in a bowl More..
Ah, Wayne, can you give it a rest? Everyone who is not in the game now is the next potential big star. They were, after all, recruited to play division I football.
Except Ziggy. And Falslev. And all the other walk-ons.
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