This might be an unpopular opinion but I generally assume that California skill position players are significantly worse than their rankings. This is largely rooted in the number of busts that end up at USC, and how ND historically has not had a high hit rate in that state.
It’s hard to know what to think of Williams because he was not the “go to” WR as a sophomore and then as a junior they played a truncated season where they didn’t throw the ball that much. He plays against as high of a level of competition as you can, but most of his lofty projection seems to be based on 1) physical traits 2) polish. He doesn’t have jaw dropping highlights where he is breaking ankles and making circus grabs or putting the team in his back because he simply hasn’t been asked to do that Herculean shit.
No matter which school he picks, to me he’s going to be one of the most interesting player to watch as a senior.
I'm not so sure I agree with that.
USC often racks up on California talent, and often times, that talent can be overrated. However, I don't think that's the case at receiver.
For example, USC in 2019 had a receiving corp of Michael Pittman, Tyler Vaughns and Amon Ra St. Brown. All highly rated receivers, all out of California.
All of them were studs. Hell, Drake London looks to be another stud in the making for them, also from California.
Go back even further, with guys like Deontay Burnett, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Adoree Jackson.
I'm generally okay with taking skill players from places like Mater Dei. They're all really well coached and play extremely tough competition against other fast, athletic defensive backs.
