Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Moderators Share Posted February 3 Spoke with Galveston (Texas) Ball High 5-star safety Jonah Williams Friday afternoon. Williams, 6-3 and 204 pounds, is currently helping lead Ball High to a district title in basketball before shifting focus to baseball. Obviously, baseball is impactful in his recruitment. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and safeties coach/area recruiter Blake Gideon were at Ball High two weeks ago. They met with Williams and his father. Sarkisian's message was simple. “It went great," Williams told OnTexasFootball Friday. "They moved me back to the safety room. They talked about with Coach Choate leaving that they are moving me back to the safety room. He had a great talk with my dad." Williams and Gideon have been in communication for over a year with Gideon serving as the area recruiter. “Coach Gideon told me that I’m a top priority at safety." With Texas shifting the recruitment to the safety position, the Longhorns have a realistic shot. Williams' visit plans Williams visited Oklahoma last weekend for the Sooners Elite Junior Day. He did not attend Texas Junior Day January 20, and said Friday he's not likely attending Texas A&M Junior Day this weekend. Williams said spring practice visits to Texas and Texas A&M are likely. A number of head coaches have been by Ball High to meet with Williams and family members. That list includes USC's Lincoln Riley Thursday, UH's Willie Fritz, Texas A&M's Mike Elko Thursday, Ohio State's Ryan Day last week and Oregon's Dan Lanning attended the Galveston Ball at Friendswood basketball game two weeks ago. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 Jonah Williams Junior HUDL: http://www.hudl.com/v/2Le2ZM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 The visit to Oklahoma was the third for Williams BTW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Blake Munroe Posted February 3 Moderators Share Posted February 3 So Jonah actually plays for the same travel ball organization that my son does, Wow Factor. Here are some stats from this past year: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Blake Munroe Posted February 3 Moderators Share Posted February 3 Here’s his batting velo and his improvement over the last few years: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Blake Munroe Posted February 3 Moderators Share Posted February 3 And here is his career spray chart as a batter: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Blake Munroe Posted February 3 Moderators Share Posted February 3 Important to note those are from Perfect Game tournaments only. Wow Factor normally plays a ton of PG and Five Tool tournaments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 Great stuff Blake. Texas was the first schools to attack baseball and football in the recruitment. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 Jonah Williams older brother will be a name some Texas fans remember ... baseball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Williams_(baseball) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachBobbyFinstock Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Body type and projection is similar to Jalani McDonald. That makes me think… we have to find a way to get McDonald on the field. Both kids are elite multi sport athletes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinncent McManning, Jr. Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Any idea if Williams is wanting to commit early or draw this out? Seems like with our late pivot to recruiting him as a safety we are way behind OU, and this is feeling like a Devin Sanchez will we ever get enough time to make up the ground, type of recruitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 3 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said: Any idea if Williams is wanting to commit early or draw this out? Seems like with our late pivot to recruiting him as a safety we are way behind OU, and this is feeling like a Devin Sanchez will we ever get enough time to make up the ground, type of recruitment. Feels like June OV's and decision prior to senior season, as of today. Baseball is definitely going to factor into this one too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
closetojumping Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 25 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Feels like June OV's and decision prior to senior season, as of today. Baseball is definitely going to factor into this one too. How big of a sooner lean is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, closetojumping said: How big of a sooner lean is he? He's definitely feeling OU right now more. One thing I don't know right now is if OU has all the correct connections in Galveston that could be impactful here long term. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said: He's definitely feeling OU right now more. One thing I don't know right now is if OU has all the correct connections in Galveston that could be impactful here long term. Ya'll need a vomit icon. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lnghrn Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Does he likely go pro baseball like his brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 37 minutes ago, Lnghrn said: Does he likely go pro baseball like his brother? Can't answer that one right now. He's definitely on the radar for MLB ... junior season and summer ball will be impactful there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Blake Munroe Posted February 3 Moderators Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Lnghrn said: Does he likely go pro baseball like his brother? He’s definitely not an early round pick at this time, fwiw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horns96 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 7 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Feels like June OV's and decision prior to senior season, as of today. Baseball is definitely going to factor into this one too. In terms of MLB draft or two-sport athlete in college? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 4 minutes ago, horns96 said: In terms of MLB draft or two-sport athlete in college? Could be either … think he likes idea of both in college unless he rises to the point of his choice being made for him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxsaver Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 now Justin Wells predicts him to OU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHornsGuy87 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, taxsaver said: now Justin Wells predicts him to OU As a guy that graduated from Texas City, you can't trust those purple tornadoes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Camaron Borracho Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 In reading Jonah Williams’ bio, got me thinking about other multi sport recruits and I can’t recall any starting football players that also played baseball or basketball! Any that come to mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 4 Author Moderators Share Posted February 4 10 minutes ago, El Camaron Borracho said: In reading Jonah Williams’ bio, got me thinking about other multi sport recruits and I can’t recall any starting football players that also played baseball or basketball! Any that come to mind? Not at Texas … Kyler Murray recently There haven’t been many, definitely not successfully 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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