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DEL.ICIO.USSix offers for Milton running back Williams
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Milton tailback Toney Williams picked up his sixth scholarship offer on Friday when N.C. State gave the 6-foot-1, 230-pound junior an opportunity to play college football in Raleigh.
With a recruiting portfolio that already included offers from Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kentucky, Rutgers and Tennessee, the Wolfpack might be considered a longshot at best to land the talented Williams, who is a native of the Volunteer state.
“He went to Georgia Tech last week and met with Coach [Paul] Johnson,” Milton coach **Scott Walker said. “He’s visited Tennessee and Kentucky and he’s going to Georgia on the 22nd [for junior day].
“N.C. State just offered him, but he’ll still try to make it up there for a visit.”
Several other programs have made inquiries on Williams, who possesses 4.6-second speed in the 40.
“I just sent film to Alabama last week,” Walker said. “And schools like Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, Clemson and pretty much everybody in the ACC seems interested in him.”
Georgia has expressed interest in Williams. But with less than 15 scholarships available to the class of 2009, the Dogs may be hard pressed to find room for Williams.
“I actually spoke with two of [Georgia’s] coaches about Toney,” Walker said. “If they recruit him, they’ll recruit him as an H-back or fullback type. I think they’ve got, or will have, five bon-a-fide blue chip tailbacks on campus.
“They told me they really like him, but it’s going to come down to their numbers.”
Williams, who will be a four-year letterman at Milton, has the flexibility to line up nearly anywhere in the offensive backfield.
“He’s exactly what he looks like,” Walker said. “Everybody is recruiting him because they think he can do a lot of things.
“Georgia Tech is wanting him to play B-back, which is their fullback. Kentucky is recruiting him strictly as a tailback. Tennessee is recruiting him as both.
“He can be a big guy tailback. And he has great hands.”
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By doboi
March 18, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
Toney Williams is the best tailback in GA and probably in the State
By doboimorelikedumboi
March 18, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
doboi - “Toney Williams is the best tailback in GA and probably in the State”… I’m dumber for having read your comment. Can you map out GA for me, since it’s not the whole state?
By coldhardtruth
March 18, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
For my money, Lance Martin was a better RB...faster,tougher and a threat to go the distance every time he touched the ball. He can also run back Punts and KO's.. He ran for over 200 yards vs. Roswell his Jr. year on Roswell's State Championship Defense. Martin is going to Air Force. Williams would be better served in the Football Championship Division i.e. Furman, Appalachian State, Georgia Southern. Any doubters can pull last year's Roswell 45 Milton 0 tape.By Sweet Home Alabama
March 18, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this
I would advise going to Bama .iT IS MORE of a BALANCED TYPE school.We a re a top ten team and have the best skool in the cunntry .The Books are not to bad and best of all it is not a NERD school.Roll TIDE
By centennial fan
March 18, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this
Wasnt he shut down oh his homecoming night, i think he had more than 2 fumbles. Just pull out the tape, oh yeah pull out the roswell tape 45-0, he was also shutdown
By footballlucker3
March 19, 2008 7:26 AM | Link to this
check the alpharetta film he was shut down by a 2-8 football, is this kid really d-1 material?
By Sam
March 19, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this
Coldhardtruth:
It seems you have a little bit of bias - Probably Graduated from Roswell….generally, even if you go back to Sean Bailey’s days at Milton, its not a top notch state program…so looking solely at Roswell’s win over Milton this prior year does not generally mean that your Toney will not do really well in a big time Division 1 program. For some reason i feel dummer responding to your comment.
By Sam
March 19, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this
Coldhardtruth:
It seems you have a little bit of bias - Probably Graduated from Roswell….generally, even if you go back to Sean Bailey’s days at Milton, its not a top notch state program…so looking solely at Roswell’s win over Milton this prior year does not generally mean that Toney will not do really well in a big time Division 1 program. For some reason i feel dummer responding to your comment.
By birdman
March 21, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this
toney definitely has more potential in college than lance martin. he is 6’1 and has gotten up to at least 220 pounds in 2 years on varsity. martin is 5’7 around 180. if he performs well his senior year i do think that he could rise as a prospect.
By ballaholla
March 25, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this
the only problem with toney is he can be lazy in practice. Otherwise, hes a great combination of speed and power, and a more consistent runner than lance martin was. Miltons o-line was bad last year, so he had no chance agansit big defences. He’ll go D-1, and probebly succed