Commitment Preview: Decision Time For Dylan Williams
We're less than 24 hours away from the college commitment of Dylan Williams.
The 2024 Long Beach (Calif.) Poly linebacker will make his decision on Friday at around 1:30 pm PT on the Rivals YouTube channel.
He'll choose from a top five of Michigan State, Oregon, Miami, UCLA and Washington.
Here's the latest that I'm hearing on Williams as we close in on his announcement.
He may be working from a top five, but for my money this is down to Oregon and Michigan State. And from what I'm hearing it's a VERY close battle.
I made my prediction for Oregon back on June 22. I'm not ready to change my pick, but I'll say I'm not feeling as confident as I did when I wrote that piece after seeing all this smoke around Michigan State. Maybe that's all it is. Smoke. But either way I can tell you the Spartans are contenders.
Michigan State and UCLA are the two teams aside from Oregon that I believe have made the biggest push for Williams as they both got official visits. The effort from Mel Tucker and company appears to be legitimate to others as well, as Williams received a pair of crystal ball predictions to Michigan State from SpartanTailgate Michigan State insiders on Thursday.
It's also worth noting that 247 national analyst Greg Biggins logged a prediction for Oregon on Thursday.
Furthermore, Oregon linebacker target Kamar Mothudi is going to making his college commitment on July 11. He took an official visits to both Oregon and Michigan State as well and the Spartans are making a strong push for him.
Mothudi and Williams are good friends and both play their 7on7 ball with Premium Sports in the Los Angeles area, so I think the idea of teaming up again in college has some appeal to both players. That said, I've felt very good about where Oregon stands with Mothudi for a long time.
Michigan State has made a strong push for both of these guys, but the question is: is it too little too late? Or did they enter the mix at just the right time?
I'll end it with this. I think Oregon has led for Williams since he de-committed from USC in the Fall. If you're asking me right now, I still think the Ducks are going to be the call on Friday, but this one feels really close.