Purdue Basketball's Trevion Williams Joins Video-Sharing Platform Cameo
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Another Purdue basketball player will be taking advantage of their name, image and likeness this season. The Boilermakers' star center Trevion Williams announced that he will be partnering with Cameo during the upcoming season.
Cameo is a video-sharing website that allows celebrity figures to connect with fans via personalized video messages. Williams is now among more than eight thousand athletes that are partnered with the website.
Teammate Sasha Stefanovic entered a similar partnership with VIDSIG on Friday. He will be providing live chat sessions while also being able to send video messages like Williams. Both players will use their NIL and platforms to make money.
Williams, who announced he would withdraw from the 2021 NBA Draft on June 24, was a first-team All-Big Ten selection last season and was one of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's top center. He averaged 15.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for the Boilermakers in 2020-21.
The 6-foot-10 center recorded 11 double-doubles, and his six games of registering 20 points and 10 rebounds were the third-most nationally for a major-college player.
Williams became just the ninth Big Ten player to average at least 15 points, nine rebounds and two assists per game in the last 30 years. He was one of six players nationally this year to reach those marks.
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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball.