UW Offers Former Husky Linebacker Coach’s Son in Dallas

Tom Williams used to stay his helmet within the chest of College of Washington soccer gamers and so they did not overlook it. Then as a coach, he taught the Huskies methods to hit folks.

This previous week, Williams and the UW crossed paths as soon as extra — Kalen DeBoer’s workers supplied his son, Dallas-area edge rusher Thomas “Tre” Williams, a soccer scholarship.

The youthful Williams is a touted 6-foot-3, 220-pound prospect for the Parish Episcopal Excessive Panthers, who’ve gained three consecutive private-school state championships in Texas.

Tre Williams, who at the moment holds 22 affords, is a handful. He completed his junior season with 129 tackles, which included 26 for misplaced yards and 12 sacks, and broke up 6 passes and compelled a pair of fumbles.

He apparently was taught effectively by his father, who as soon as was the Yale head soccer coach, a three-year starter for Stanford in 1989-92 and the Husky linebackers coach for Rick Neuheisel’s workers in 1999-2001.

Tom Williams, 52, went from Fort Value, Texas, to play linebacker for Stanford and he was a fierce competitor, incomes All-Pac-10 honorable-mention honors as a senior.

He made a number of teaching stops within the faculty ranks and NFL, finally getting elevated to Yale head coach. Nonetheless, a resume discrepancy, when he claimed to be a Rhodes Scholar candidate however truly handed up the chance to pursue an NFL profession, brought about him to resign in 2011. 

Tre Williams is rather a lot taller than his father however no much less aggressive in coming off the sting utilizing his vital velocity. The three-star prospect at the moment holds a Michigan supply, with the Wolverines envisioning him to be one other Aidan Hutchinson, who went No. 2 general within the NFL draft final week to the Detroit Lions. 

This Williams is the second Parish Episcopal participant previously few days to obtain a UW scholarship supply, becoming a member of 4-star security Daniel Demery.

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