Williams' development key to Illini's rise
June 25, 2008 1:18 PM
He couldn't do it. He wasn't good enough. He wanted to leave Camp Rantoul and go home to Chicago.
"I was eating dinner at training camp my freshman year, sitting across from Coach (Mike) Locksley," Williams says. "I was struggling and didn't think I could be a quarterback at this level. It was bad."
Look at him now - poised to take the next step in his development as one of the nation's most dangerous and versatile quarterbacks.
Williams went nowhere that hot August day in 2006. Locksley, Illinois' offensive coordinator, talked him off the ledge. Still, there are times that doubt still descends on the Fighting Illini's wunderkind. It's the "Isiah" inside of Williams. Isiah is soft-spoken, almost shy. And he's filled with a little fear.
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