When he arrived at Texas A&M in 2016 as a skinny teenager from northwest Louisiana, his coaches saw his potential during the first week of practices. Williams stood at 6' 9" with a 7' 6" wingspan, an impressive vertical and relatively light feet on the perimeter. On top of that, he was comfortable with the ball in his hands, belying the stereotype of a rim-running center.
“I felt like he had God-given abilities but he didn’t know it,” says former Aggies assistant Isaac Chew, who is currently an assistant at New Mexico. “He was just scratching the surface.