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Williamson’s big role
Chris Williamson was one of the biggest recruits to land with the Gophers under P.J. Fleck, who got the former Florida cornerback to transfer here in 2017.
Last season Williamson finished with 34 tackles and an interception over 11 games. But Fleck said this year is night and day compared to that campaign, and he has been extremely impressed not only with the senior’s play, but his leadership.
Williamson ranks fourth on the team in tackles with 13, and he has a sack, an interception and two passes broken up in three contests. He has helped the Gophers rank 26th in the nation in pass defense, giving up only 185.3 yards per game.
Originally from the Atlanta area, Williamson was one of the most highly recruited defensive backs in the country in the Class of 2015. He committed to Florida over offers from Michigan, Notre Dame and Georgia, among others.
“I went to Florida my freshman and sophomore year and then I decided it was time for me to go,” he recalled. “When I was looking at transferring, my old DB coach, coach Mo [Maurice Linguist, now at Texas A&M], he was here at the time and he recruited me out of high school and also recruited my brother [Kendall Williamson, a sophomore strong safety at Stanford] out of high school.
“We had a connection. He knows my family real well. It was partially because of him, but I got to learn about Coach Fleck and I just fell in love with that. I knew he was going to win. I trusted what he was going to do with this program here, and it made the transition easy for me.”
It’s worth noting the Gophers have 12 players from the state of Georgia on the roster. “We are all very close and we all kind of look out for each other,” he said. “We call it the Red Clay, that’s what we call the dirt down there. We take a lot of pride being from Georgia. Not a lot of guys here are familiar with that area, so we inform each other. But we take a lot of pride in being from the state of Georgia and it means a lot to us. We wear that proudly up here.”
http://www.startribune.com/twins-yankees-playoffs-history-has-been-decidedly-one-sided/561474432/
Go Gophers!!
Williamson’s big role
Chris Williamson was one of the biggest recruits to land with the Gophers under P.J. Fleck, who got the former Florida cornerback to transfer here in 2017.
Last season Williamson finished with 34 tackles and an interception over 11 games. But Fleck said this year is night and day compared to that campaign, and he has been extremely impressed not only with the senior’s play, but his leadership.
Williamson ranks fourth on the team in tackles with 13, and he has a sack, an interception and two passes broken up in three contests. He has helped the Gophers rank 26th in the nation in pass defense, giving up only 185.3 yards per game.
Originally from the Atlanta area, Williamson was one of the most highly recruited defensive backs in the country in the Class of 2015. He committed to Florida over offers from Michigan, Notre Dame and Georgia, among others.
“I went to Florida my freshman and sophomore year and then I decided it was time for me to go,” he recalled. “When I was looking at transferring, my old DB coach, coach Mo [Maurice Linguist, now at Texas A&M], he was here at the time and he recruited me out of high school and also recruited my brother [Kendall Williamson, a sophomore strong safety at Stanford] out of high school.
“We had a connection. He knows my family real well. It was partially because of him, but I got to learn about Coach Fleck and I just fell in love with that. I knew he was going to win. I trusted what he was going to do with this program here, and it made the transition easy for me.”
It’s worth noting the Gophers have 12 players from the state of Georgia on the roster. “We are all very close and we all kind of look out for each other,” he said. “We call it the Red Clay, that’s what we call the dirt down there. We take a lot of pride being from Georgia. Not a lot of guys here are familiar with that area, so we inform each other. But we take a lot of pride in being from the state of Georgia and it means a lot to us. We wear that proudly up here.”
http://www.startribune.com/twins-yankees-playoffs-history-has-been-decidedly-one-sided/561474432/
Go Gophers!!