After nearly enrolling at Louisiana-Monroe, WR Williams emerging as weapon at CCU

Coastal Carolina junior wide receiver Malcolm Williams has emerged as one of the team’s top weapons on offense, and he came close to playing at Louisiana-Monroe out of high school.

He played at Woodlawn High in Shreveport, La., which is about a 100-mile drive down Interstate 20 from UL-Monroe, and said he took two visits to the school. “It just didn’t work out for us,” Williams said.

Williams joined CCU in 2016 after a year at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas and played in all 12 games last year at wide receiver and on special teams, catching two passes for 17 yards as well as a two-point conversion throw.

“[Last season] was just motivation,” Williams said. “Last year I was in and out and really didn’t touch the ball, so I was ready to come out and just show the fans what I can do.”

In Saturday’s loss to Western Illinois, Williams had five of Coastal’s 11 receptions for a team-high 79 yards, including a 50-yard gain, and tallied 102 all-purpose yards with a 15-yard kickoff return and 8-yard punt return.

This story was originally published September 27, 2017 at 7:13 PM with the headline "After nearly enrolling at Louisiana-Monroe, WR Williams emerging as weapon at CCU."