In March of 2015, an unheralded prospect out of Illinois committed to Iowa. Christian Williams officially signed with the Iowa Hawkeyes a month later, eschewing the early playing time offered by a half dozen of mid-major offers. Though he played PG in high school for the Class 2A runner up, he was projected with positional flexibility. Coming in with Mike Gesell and Anthony Clemmons ahead of him, he’d rarely have to be Iowa’s primary ballhandler his freshman year.
Though he played sparingly his freshman year - he averaged only 5 minutes in 20 games - he showed flashes.