Rutgers basketball landed a big potential part of their team on Saturday with the commitment of Austin Williams out of the transfer portal. Williams comes to Rutgers from FIU.
And while Williams didn’t play at FIU (more on that down below), this is still a significant move for Rutgers. There is now serious depth in the backcourt, the kind of depth that a team with NCAA Tournament ambitions will desperately need to withstand the slugfest that is the Big Ten regular season.
Williams, from Roseland, N.J., played his high school basketball at Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, N.J.). He committed to Marist before transferring to Hartford, then FIU and now to Rutgers for his final season of college basketball.
At 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds, Williams is a very good scorer, a solid rebounder and sound defensively. He checks a lot of needs for the Scarlet Knights, who lost all three of their starting guards this offseason.
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Scroll down and learn five things about new Rutgers guard Austin Williams.