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Friday, October 8, aoio | The Red * Black
Shawn Williams has found a place on the football field in Athens -and a best friend in Jordan Love.
By RACHEL G. BOWERS
The Red & Black
Football has not always
been the focal point of
Shawn Williams’ life.
During middle and high
school, he spent his time
memorizing a playbook
and hitting wide receivers
crossing the middle of the
field in the fall. But in the
spring, he traded his shoul
der pads for a bat and
glove.
Balancing his athletic
commitments was nothing
new for Williams.
From age seven until
middle school, Williams
juggled baseball and foot
ball, and even threw bas
ketball into the mix.
“My whole life just been
about sports. I was always
going to do something
sports-related 2O hours
out of the day,” Williams
said.
Eventually the
Demascus native came to
the conclusion that bas
ketball wasn't his “thing,”
eliminating an option for
his future while making his
decision between baseball
and football that much
tougher.
Throughout high
school, Williams weighed
the different paths he
could take after gradua
tion go to college and
play football or skip out on
getting his degree to pur
sue a career in the major
leagues.
His options made
it “really hard” for
the two-sport ath
lete to decide which
was his favorite, and
which he wanted to
pursue after high
school.
A four-year start
er at Early County
High School,
Williams played
both ways on the
gridiron, starting at
safety for the
Bobcats while con
tributing to the
offense as a wide
receiver.
His coaches
noticed his talent as
a freshman, plant
ing the seed in
Williams’ head
about the possibility of
playing for the Bulldogs at
the next level.
“And one of my coaches
said, ‘He’s going to
Georgia,”’ Williams said. “I
was like, ‘I don’t even think
about football like that.’”
But that seed began to
grow with a single trip to
Athens with his best friend
at the time.
Williams said everyone
he was around growing up
“loved Georgia” and when
he was a sophomore, he
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“I would definitely say
Shawn is my best
friend on the team. I
can trust him with
anything. He can trust
me with anything.”
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went to his first game at
Sanford Stadium with his
best friend’s family.
After returning home
from the weekend trip,
Williams saw himself
beginning to turn his focus
more toward football after
watching Georgia play
between the hedges that
Saturday.
“So next thing I know,
I’m just working harder
and harder at football,”
Williams said.
Williams’ Junior year
brought about more real
ization that the safety
could go to the next level
on a football scholarship,
furthering his dilemma.
And with a game against
Thomasville marked on
Williams’ calendar, the
recruiting process with
Georgia was set in motion.
“We played Thomasville
and (offensive coordinator
Mike] Bobo went to
Thomasville High School
and I guess he recruited
that area," Williams
said. “And I just
played my best
against Thomasville
thinking that
maybe he would be
there and see me. It
came around that
they did. They
recruited me. I
knew that this was
where I wanted to
come.”
Despite having
committed to
Georgia in April of
his junior year, the
phone calls from
Major League
Baseball teams
began. But an inju
ry brought the
phone calls to a
halt, and Williams’
decision was ulti-
WILLIAMS
mately made for him.
“I coulda went and
played pro baseball, but I
tore my MCL like the last
game (of the season] so
most of them started back
ing off,” Williams said. “My
mom really wanted me to
go to school and so I just
decided that I really just
wanted to play football.”
And that’s what he has
done since arriving in
Athens. Williams has seen
action in every game since
the start of his freshman
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▲ Safety Shawn Williams (36) was undecided on whether to play football or baseball, but a knee
injury pointed him toward a career on the gridiron and a friendship with teammate Jordan Love.
year, and has tallied 14
tackles through Georgia's
first five games of this sea
son.
Cornerback Jordan
Love said Williams’ style of
play is indicative of where
he grew up, and despite
his quiet demeanor he
makes his mark on the
field.
“I see him like one of
those old fashioned play
ers,” Love said. “He's just
real dirty and gritty. I
always Joke around with
him because I’m like, ’He’s
a country boy.’ He comes
from the country, like flip
tires and wrestles alliga
tors. That’s where I think
he gets it from.”
Secondary coach Scott
Lakatos said Williams is a
“pleasure to be around"
and is a very coachable
kid.
“He’s kinda quiet, but
like everybody else he's
got his moments,” Lakatos
said. “When he needs to be
he’ll get his point across.
He's doing a pretty decent
job of communicating on
the field. Sometimes when
guys are quiet in their
everyday lives, at [the
safety] position, you kinda
have to be more outspo
ken.”
Williams said he has no
idea what the future holds
for him, and is taking what
life throws at him each
day.
“I just practice with
“I just practice with
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“Hard work and never quit.
I’m always hustling trying
to get somewhere, trying
to be the best.”
***
After Love had surgery
on his foot in the spring,
the first teammate to visit
him was Williams.
That simple gesture
sparked a friendship
between the injured cor
nerback and Williams.
“He was the first one to
really come see me [after
surgery] and that really
left an impression on me,”
Love said. “I was like, ‘He
must really care about
me.’ We've just always
been close since then.”
Williams and Love both
said they found a mutual
trust in one another, and
are now attached at the
hip.
“I would definitely say
Shawn is my best friend
on the team. I can trust
him with anything,” Love
said. “He can trust me
with anything. Anything
he needs he can let me
know and I'll get it for
him.”
Williams’ trust in Love
only deepened after one
tragic day this summer.
On July 13, Williams’
home in Demascus burned
down, leaving his family
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Known for being quiet,
Williams was tight-lipped
about the house fire, but
Love could tell something
was weighing on his best
friend’s mind.
“I could tell something
was wrong with him, but it
was just like a one day
thing,” Love said. “The
next day, you couldn’t real
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with him. But he was defi
nitely down for that one
day but then you could tell
he was completely
changed.”
In the aftermath of the
fire, Love and his family
showed Williams support
in face of adversity. The
ties between Love and
Williams grew stronger as
their families took to each
other further the moth
ers of the two boys now
speak on the phone regu
larly and the families get
together on game days.
“It means a lot because
I think everybody needs
somebody that they can
trust no matter what the
situation is,” Williams said.
“What happened to me
over the summer, they was
the first ones there. Every
time I looked around, they
was like, ‘lf you need any
thing, anything let us
know.’”
Love said he and
Williams are emotional
support systems for one
another while away from
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“Usually we can tell
when each other is mad,”
he said. “We only get upset
about something usually
for like one day because
we’re cheering each other
up. Just joking around
[we’ll say], ‘Just get over
it. Stop acting like a baby.’
We usually get over things
real fast.”
In their spare time,
Love and Williams go on
“man dates” regularly,
going out to eat, going to
see movies and playing
video games mainly
“Call of Duty.”
“We always do every
thing together,” Williams
said. “We try to be right
there by each other.”
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saw “Devil” in theaters
and bet each other on who
they thought the killer
was.
“I ended up winning, by
the way," Williams said.
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beyond the football field
and will last longer than
their years in Athens.
“We always talk about
what we re gonna do after
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