Stop The Rumor Mill, Williams Would Like To Get Off Ferris Football Star Hasn’T Committed To Washington State Or Anyone Else

UNPUBLISHED CORRECTION: The name of football player Jeremey Williams is misspelled in this story. The correct spelling was confirmed by his mother.

The rumors aren’t true.

The Internet gossip is unfounded.

The truth is Jeremy Williams just doesn’t know where he is going to go to college.

“I haven’t made up my mind,” said the 6-5, 251-pound defensive lineman from Ferris High. “So if anybody’s spreading rumors they’re wrong.”

But when you’re one of the state’s top five prep prospects, and have a father - Wallace Williams - who played college football at Washington State, which is just 80 miles from your door, rumors are understandable.

And with the Feb. 3 deadline closing in, the rumors will probably only increase.

Not to add any fuel to the fire, but here is what Williams is thinking.

“Washington State is leading right now,” he said. “But I still have trips scheduled to USC and UCLA.

“I may cancel the UCLA and just go to USC (Jan. 15),” he continued. “After that I’ll make my decision.”

He has already visited Michigan and Washington and was impressed by both. But many of the Wolverine players from the West Coast told him how hard it was to play so far from home. As far as the Huskies go, it is hard to tell what impact the firing of Jim Lambright will have on Williams.

For the Cougars, or anyone, Williams has the potential to make a big impact. He had 64 tackles, 36 for a loss, and 11 sacks last season for Ferris. He runs a 4.4 40 and is a solid student in the classroom (3.7 GPA).

If Williams commits to WSU he would be the fourth player ranked in the top 100 by ESPN for the Cougars. Faafetai Tupai, a 6-4, 295-pound lineman from Monterey, Calif., Josh Shavies, a 6-6, 245, tight end/lineman from Oakland, Calif., and younger brother of current Cougar Fred Shavies, and Melvin Simmons, a 6-2, 205-pound linebacker from Compton, Calif., have all orally committed to the Cougars.

In all, the Cougars have 13 reported commitments. DeLawrence Grant, a 6-3, 250-pound defensive lineman from El Camino College in Los Angeles, would be the 14th. According to CNN/SI and PrepStars he has committed to WSU, but other recruiting services have him going elsewhere. His coach did not return phone calls.

One recruit the Cougars were unable to close on was American Falls’ Jordan Gehring. The 6-7, 320-pound lineman has reportedly given an oral commitment to Colorado, according to The (Boulder) Daily Camera.

The Cougars are still after two running back; Deon Burnett, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards for his Claremont, Calif., high school team and Spokane’s Tyree Clowe of Central Valley High.

Clowe, who had more than 2,000 yards this season, has been offered a scholarship by WSU and said an in-home visit before Christmas went well.

But the 5-11, 205-pounder recently added Hawaii to his visit list and said the warm weather might sway him.

Keenan Howry, a 5-10, 155 wide receiver out of Los Alamitos, Calif., who had 1,100 yards and 14 TDs, has WSU listed among his top three along with Oregon and Oregon State, according to Student Sports recruiting. Zach Casas, a 6-0, 220-pound linebacker from Redding, Calif., also has WSU in his top three with Colorado and Notre Dame.