Here they come -- USC's Williams to enter NFL draft
Not long after Maurice Clarett fought and beat the NFL in court, USC wide reciever Mike Williams is expected to test the league's new eligibility requirements and enter the NFL draft despite being only two years removed from high school.
Maurice Clarett has parted the Red Sea and now a flood of underclassmen are set to test the waters of the National Football League.
Mike Williams, wide receiver for the USC Trojans, is expected to enter the NFL draft despite being only 20 years old and two years removed from high school.
Williams is the first underclassman to test the NFL since Maurice Clarett challenged the league's eligibility requirements, and was admitted to the draft by a U.S. District Court judge.
ESPN has reported that there may be few more, previously ineligible, NCAA athletes that will enter the NFL draft this season.
While critics believe that younger NCAA players may not be physically developed enough to compete in the NFL, and risk serious injury, Mike Williams is a different story.
Similar to Lebron James, Williams is a monster, already developed and bigger than the majority of the NFL's current top receivers.
The 6'5", 230 pounds sophomore caught 95 passes last season for 1,314 yards and 16 touchdowns.
In his first two seasons at USC, Williams caught 30 touchdown passes, far more than the program's second most prolific receiver, Keshawn Johnson.
The NFL is obviously appealing the decision, but it seems as if Williams is all but eligible for the NFL draft.
The Terrel Owens-like receiver is expected to be a top 15 draft pick, and may even break the top 10.
Williams will now be the youngest player in the NFL and, unlike Clarett, is expected to be an immediate impact to who ever drafts him.
He now sets his sights on the NFL Combine in April where he will try to establish himself among what is expected to be an incredible wide receiver crop this season, which includes the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Roy Williams, Reggie Williams and Michael Clayton.
It doesn't look as if the NFL will be able to stop this wave of previously ineligible underclassmen, so we as football fans, no matter how much we might hate it, just need to accept the fact that the NFL is changing for better or for worse.
Mike Williams, wide receiver for the USC Trojans, is expected to enter the NFL draft despite being only 20 years old and two years removed from high school.
Williams is the first underclassman to test the NFL since Maurice Clarett challenged the league's eligibility requirements, and was admitted to the draft by a U.S. District Court judge.
ESPN has reported that there may be few more, previously ineligible, NCAA athletes that will enter the NFL draft this season.
While critics believe that younger NCAA players may not be physically developed enough to compete in the NFL, and risk serious injury, Mike Williams is a different story.
Similar to Lebron James, Williams is a monster, already developed and bigger than the majority of the NFL's current top receivers.
The 6'5", 230 pounds sophomore caught 95 passes last season for 1,314 yards and 16 touchdowns.
In his first two seasons at USC, Williams caught 30 touchdown passes, far more than the program's second most prolific receiver, Keshawn Johnson.
The NFL is obviously appealing the decision, but it seems as if Williams is all but eligible for the NFL draft.
The Terrel Owens-like receiver is expected to be a top 15 draft pick, and may even break the top 10.
Williams will now be the youngest player in the NFL and, unlike Clarett, is expected to be an immediate impact to who ever drafts him.
He now sets his sights on the NFL Combine in April where he will try to establish himself among what is expected to be an incredible wide receiver crop this season, which includes the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Roy Williams, Reggie Williams and Michael Clayton.
It doesn't look as if the NFL will be able to stop this wave of previously ineligible underclassmen, so we as football fans, no matter how much we might hate it, just need to accept the fact that the NFL is changing for better or for worse.
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