Malik Williams had the Huskers in his heart since the spring really. Now they're in his plans for the next four or five years.
His high school teammate, running back Gabe Ervin, had pledged back in June to be part of Nebraska's program. His good friend since childhood, Husker redshirt freshman safety Myles Farmer, had given him the inside scoop about the type of program he'd be joining.
"They have a lot of tradition that I've been hearing about," said Williams, who took particular stock in what Farmer told him. "They always tell me how they have each other's back, and how it's about family. It was a good second home for him, and he said I would like it. I really get that from Myles Farmer and just talking to Coach Frost a lot."
Though he hasn't had the chance to visit Lincoln due to the COVID-19 situation, the 6-foot, 187-pound cornerback from the powerhouse Buford program in Georgia was just waiting for the time to be right to commit. And on Monday, after a phone conversation with Frost and defensive backs coach Travis Fisher, he knew the time was now.
"They liked my skills, and said if I wanted to commit I could go ahead and do it, because they really wanted me," Williams told Husker247.
Say no more. He made public his commitment to Nebraska on Tuesday afternoon, giving the Huskers a 14th recruit in this 2021 class, joining recent defensive back commits Lardarius Webb Jr. and Marques Buford.
In the case of Williams, who also goes by "Mo" Williams, he and and his teammate Ervin had been discussing going to the same school since the fifth or sixth grade. They had both been talking about the possibility of that school being Nebraska ever since the Huskers offered them.
