BEFORE AUBURN: Junior college safety making a step up … played two seasons at City College of San Francisco, where he was a dean’s list student … 2020 graduate of El Cerrito High, where he played for Coach Jake Rincon, earning first team all-TCAL conference honors for four straight seasons ... also a basketball and track letterman

PERSONAL: Birthday is December 18 … son of Eric Williams Sr. and Lucy Williams … has two siblings, Eric and Eliza … first member of his family to play college sports … studying in the College of Liberal Arts