[autotag]Josh Williams[/autotag] is coming off his best season as a Tiger.
Last year, Williams played in 11 games (six starts) and likely would have played more if not for injuries. Williams carried the ball 97 times for 532 yards and six touchdowns. Those numbers are good enough for the second-highest rushing total on the team.
His career at LSU did not start out quite as promising. Williams was ranked as a two-star running back in the 2019 recruiting class.
LSU signed two running backs in that class: [autotag]John Emery Jr.[/autotag], who was the No. 1 running back in the country and LSU’s highest-rated running back signee since [autotag]Leonard Fournette[/autotag] in 2014, and [autotag]Tyrion Davis-Price[/autotag], the No. 6-rated running back in the country.
Williams did not have an offer to play at LSU. He had offers from multiple smaller schools but he decided to take a bet on himself and walk on at LSU. So, why would he decide to go to LSU?
“I had a couple of lower-level offers,” Williams said, per On3. “I know I had Drake, Dayton. I had a bunch of D-II. I had Houston. But ultimately, my decision to go to LSU was because I wanted to better myself. My whole life, I never really went to a football camp. I played competitive basketball, AAU, so I never really got the chance to get stars or be ranked.
“I never considered myself as a walk-on or looked at myself as not good because I just knew I never had the opportunity to show my talent. Coming into LSU as a walk-on, I just wanted to show that I can prove to myself and everyone that I can play at this level.”
Williams got the opportunity to show his talent last season and he made the most of it. He will enter fall camp as one of the favorites to win the starting running back job.
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