So, make your own judgement after reading this. It was put out late this afternoon by the UGA Rivals site. Williams himself posted on his Instagram he was in Macon, GA on Friday and Alpharetta, GA on Saturday. Several posters on their 247 board discussed him being in Athens on Saturday night. And btw, QB commit Brock Vandergriff was in Athens "showing around" another UGA target , Amarius Mims, on Saturday too. Mims is a target UGA is in a tight recruiting battle for with Bama, and Auburn. All of that was in the headlines of their 247 board.
Here's the interview Williams game UGA Rivals:
JOHNS CREEK, Georgia - You don't expect to bump into one of the top players in South Florida in the metro-Atlanta area, but that was the case on Sunday. American Heritage safety
James Williams turned up at Mt. Pisgah in Johns Creek, for the local stop of the MVP Camp.
The nation's No. 20 overall player wasn't taking part; he was there to support his god-brother, a young quarterback at American Heritage who came up to work out.
While rumors circulated over the weekend about the four-star making a trek to Athens during the time in the Peach State—and while indeed he crossed into Clarke County—Williams was quick to dispel any hype around that trip.
"We drove up to and through Athens, but we didn't even really stop. I just went through for (my family) to see how it is, see what it's looking like. I didn't talk with anybody or anything. I just drove out with the family to show them around," he said.
In fact, there was no reason for a stop. His family members were getting their own glimpse of the campus, but Williams has been to Athens well over a dozen times in the past. He feels he's got a firm grasp on the offerings.
What remains for him to find out? "There ain't too much," he clarified. "I know everything about both Georgia and Miami. I know what they want out of me, and I know what I want out of them," he said. "It's just going to come down to God leading me to the right school and picking the right decision that's best for me—not coaches, not for the best players around me. It's what's best for James. I know when I'm going to get it done. It'll be Signing Day in December."
"What's best" is still up in the air.
"Right now, I just don't know where I'm going. I'm lost myself," Williams said. "I'm hoping to surprise myself when I make the decision, if you want to be for real."
"What's best" will have to include a deep bond, however, which is what allowed him to narrow the list to two schools.
"Growing up, I've always been so much about family. My family has been tight with me no matter what. I feel like those two are the only schools that are really showing me what family is. As I've been on campus, and they've shown me what family really is," Williams said. "Relationships build no matter who you're with. As long as you've known them forever, the relationship is going to build. My relationship has built with every coach I've had that's been recruiting me from Georgia and Miami. I have relationships with all of them," Williams said. "If I want to go to Miami, my relationships will still be cool with Georgia. If I want to go to Georgia, my relationship would be good with Miami, because I'm based on relationships. It's not all about football."
The Bulldogs have clearly made it a point of emphasis.
"They've shown me with the brotherhood they have, how they carry themselves in the game, how they carry themselves around campus when they see each other, how the coaches carry themselves when they see players; what they did for the players, what they do for the players," Williams said. "All that shows me what a real family does."
That notion has been reinforced by Miami natives who've come to Athens before him, such as
James Cook,
Divaad Wilson, and
Tyson Campbell.
"They say it wasn't really hard, because when at first they got there, it was like family. They say it wasn't even hard for them to transition," Williams said. "It was just like a brotherhood. They tell me to do what's best for me—not what's best for the city, not what the coach is saying. Do what's best for me. Where I think I'm going to play, where I feel I'm going to play—go with my gut rather than with somebody else's plan."
His family has helped to aid in that mentality.
"They really don't care (about distance or staying close to home). It's about me," Williams said. "They're going to come see me regardless of where I go, so it's on me."
Still, it's looking to be a tough decision, as the differences between the two schools are few and far between for Williams.
"There's nothing too different. Nothing that surprising, because I'm the type of person that I don't really go by what I see; I go by what I hear, what comes to the table. I go by action, I don't go by words. I don't go by mouth," he said. "I go by your actions. Both of them show the actions that I want."
Even the depth charts at both Miami and Georgia have been of little concern or thought.
"I'm coming to work, that's all. I'm coming to work; that's just my way. I don't know about who's on the depth chart. People say focus on the depth. I don't focus on the depth," Williams said. "I focus on me, because if I stand out, I'm going to have to play."
