Willie Williams is gone

**gcdevil22** · July 11th, 2006, 04:53 PM

whatd he do this time Mega?

**PVVikeFan** · July 11th, 2006, 06:26 PM

Bill O'Reilly???
At least he will speak the truth.
And with NO SPIN!! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beer1.gif[/img]

**gcdevil22** · July 11th, 2006, 07:26 PM

yyyyyeaaaahhhh mmmmhmmm

and Ironlung, I had heard WVU...that what you are hearing too?

**Ironlung** · July 11th, 2006, 07:53 PM

Louisville. Another former Cane LB who went Juco is already there. I can't remember his name. Maybe Mega will.

**imported_mega** · July 11th, 2006, 08:01 PM

Nate Harris is who you are thinking about, he was charged with armed robbery and never made it to miami.

Willie is transferring due to lack of playing time. Im sure the coaches would rather just have him at miami but they already have a star weakside linebacker named Jon Beason.

Truth is, for all of Williams athletic ability, he came to miami as a DE and moved to linebacker. He is very undisciplined, yet a playmaker...Lavar Arrington to a tee. Shannon and company dont like that type of player so thats one reason he never got any higher on the depth charts. Maybe he makes it somewhere else maybe not, but one thing that has to be noticed is, miami took a dude that was arrested 17 times. While at miami, he had no incidents. The program is squeaky clean.

**gcdevil22** · July 11th, 2006, 08:07 PM

to be clear i wasnt takin a shot at miami with my post...i just realized all of the arrests and the conditions under which he had a scholarship and knew he was transferring so i tried to put 2 and 2 together and apparently got 5

how does the miami offense look this year?

**Ironlung** · July 11th, 2006, 06:34 PM

I don't think he did anything. He's wanting to go somewhere to get more PT. This has been in the works for quite some time.

**gcdevil22** · July 15th, 2006, 09:37 AM

Former University of Miami linebacker Willie Williams, one of the school's biggest and most controversial football recruits in recent memory, will transfer to West Virginia after requesting and receiving his release last Tuesday from the Hurricanes, Yahoo! Sports has learned.

Williams, who missed spring drills while recovering from knee surgery, must sit out the upcoming 2006 season. He will have two years of eligibility remaining once he joins the Big East powerhouse.

The Mountaineers are not only favored to capture the Big East title but they are also expected to challenge for this season's BCS championship game.

"Whatever is best for Willie, I will be in favor of," Miami head coach Larry Coker said in a statement released by the school last Tuesday.

Williams played mostly as a backup linebacker and on coverage units last year, but he felt a little out of place when he was not able to practice and compete for increased playing time in the spring.

The one-time top-rated linebacker prospect in the country was granted admission to Miami despite some negative publicity. He spent time in jail for violating his probation, which stemmed from 11 arrests for various burglary and other offenses during his high school days. Out of high school, the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Williams was timed in the 4.4-second range in the 40-yard dash and recorded a 35-inch vertical jump and 330-pound bench press.

Williams' transfer plans fit perfectly for the Mountaineers, whose current starting weak-side linebacker ? Kevin McLee ? is a senior. McLee's departure will leave the position open for Williams to win next spring.

Williams may recognize at least one familiar face when he arrives on the West Virginia campus as current Mountaineers junior wide receiver/quarterback Dwayne Thompson was also a highly recruited prospect out of Dade County in Miami.

July 15th, 2006, 03:14 PM

I also heard that Avery Atkins from Florida is transferring to Bethune Cookman.

**Biggin** · July 15th, 2006, 11:40 PM

Is UF going to let Atkins out?

At first, there was a huge mess about everything, including some of the posters on Warchant, but I havent checked up on anything.