Recruiting Taking Off for 3-Star, In-State OLB/DE Ricky Williams Jr. from Tampa, FL

By Jerry Williamson 

Blake High School (Tampa, FL) three-star hybrid athlete Ricky Williams Jr., who stands 6-foot-4, 225-pounds with sub 4.7-seconds speed -- is a prolific and dynamic prospect, that begin playing organized football his freshman year of high school. After racking up 13 sacks the past season. He's hungry for more success. The edge rush specialist has earned defensive line MVP at FBU and Big County combines. His testing and max numbers inside of the weight room consist of the following: 4.75 (40-yard dash), 365 pounds (Squat) and 275 (Bench). The younger brother of Wisconsin Badges' redshirt freshman cornerback Dontye Carrier-Williams (St. Thomas Aquinas graduate) -- has seen his recruitment take-off since March of 2017, sitting on approximately, 19 D1 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) verbal offers as of today. The Miami native dominated his school's intrasquad "Black and Gold Game", finishing with 8 tackles, 5 TFL and 5 sacks. He holds power five conference offers from Rutgers, Syracuse, Iowa St. and Baylor. Williams Jr. is locked and loaded for the next level -- sporting a 2.5 core GPA and 820 SAT. The game appears slower to him entering his fourth season a perfect indicator of his intrasquad scrimmage game. It speaks volumes of his size, athleticism and film -- averaging ten D1 FBS verbal offers the past three months.