Mike Williams shares a wild story on how he committed to Clemson

Mike Williams was a millisecond away from committing to South Carolina before a change of heart sent him to Clemson.

Los Angeles Chargers wideout Mike Williams is one of the top receivers to come through Clemson, and that's saying something. From 2013-2016, Williams twice topped 1,000 receiving yards in a season and finished his career with 21 touchdowns and a champion. But it's how he got to Clemson that has the internet buzzing almost a decade later.

In an interview with the popular Barstool Sports podcast Bussin' with the Boys, Williams revealed that, up until the very last moment, he was going to commit to South Carolina. A last-second epiphany changed the course of his life and the Clemson program.

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"On the day I went to commit, I just picked the Clemson hat," said Williams. " I told my family 'I'm going to South Carolina.' It was like 30 minutes from the crib. I'm like 'Yeah, we're going there.' And then on commitment day, I grabbed the South Carolina hat, put it down, [and] grabbed the Clemson one."

The story is incredible. Literally up until the very last second, Mike Williams and everyone close to him thought he was going to pick the Gamecocks and he grabbed the Clemson hat. Surely something went into that decision.

"I had got to commitment day and my high school coach had a long talk with me because he knew I was going to South Carolina and he wanted me to go to Clemson. He had a long talk with me before like we had to delay the [commitment]... He was talking about the quarterback situation. South Carolina didn't have like a really elite quarterback. Clemson got some guys coming in. Receivers, [I] had to learn from Sammy [Watkins] and them. South Carolina didn't have nobody."

Absolutely wild. In retrospect, Dabo Swinney and Clemson fans have to be so stoked to have landed a guy like Williams. During his time at Clemson, the Tigers went 49-7, winning a national championship and 3 out of 4 against South Carolina. 

The story of how @darealmike_dub landed at Clemson instead of South Carolina is hilarious 😂 @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/NW21gNgk3g

— Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) August 23, 2023