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Texas Football: 4 Sooners that the Longhorns recruited hard

By Andrew Miller

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Oklahoma’s Mario Williams (4) before during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Oklahoma won 16-13.Lx19939
Oklahoma’s Mario Williams (4) before during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Oklahoma won 16-13.Lx19939 /

Mario Williams, WR

Texas wasn’t as heavily involved in the recruitment of the former elite five-star Plant City (FL) wide receiver prospect Mario Williams as they were Bowman during this past cycle. But that doesn’t mean that Texas wasn’t putting a ton of attention and effort into the recruitment of Williams early on, before he started to narrow his decision down in the spring of 2020.

Texas was one of the earlier schools on Williams’ offer sheet. But the Longhorns weren’t able to capitalize on that. Oklahoma landed a commitment from Williams in May 2020. And then he signed with Oklahoma’s 2021 class during the Early Signing Period last year.

Williams has made a decent early impact with the Sooners. But the freshman speedster obviously still has a lot more untapped potential in this offense under Riley’s direction. Through five games this fall, Williams registered 20 catches for 178 receiving yards (8.9 yards per catch), and two touchdown catches.

It’s just a matter of time before Williams truly breaks through. The fact that he’s still under 200 receiving yards isn’t for a fact of dropped balls or a lack of playmaking ability, though. Roughly 120 of his 178 receiving yards are after the catch, and he doesn’t have any dropped balls on the season thus far.

Williams is someone to watch for the Longhorns and Sooners in Red River this weekend. The 5-foot-9 and 185-pound true freshman wideout is one of the faster and more capable route runners in this receiving corps.

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