re: Bama Legacy 2015 5* WR Preston Williams commits to UT, Bashes Bama on twitter

Honestly, I've never heard of him. He must have been a good recruit, but something, maybe grades, made him leave after his redshirt year.

I found this by googling....

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RBs Williams, Perkins join Southern
By JOE SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter

August 15, 2001, 02:24 PM

Two former major recruits will be involved in Southern's running back competition. Antoneyo Williams, Alabama's Mr. Football in 1996 and a redshirt at the University of Alabama in 1997, began practice Monday afternoon. And Cisco Perkins, a 1997 LSU signee who pled guilty to drug possession in 1999, is expected to join the team either later this week or earlier next week.

The boy from Alabama must really have some "issues" or is just plain finished. Somethings wrong when Coop and/or LC wouldn't bring him on board. Perkins was out of football (cut by LSU) prior to his arrest for having cocaine on his former high school campus

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Because both enrolled at universities in 1997, this is their fifth and final season of eligibility. Williams, who spent the fall semester at Alabama as a redshirt before leaving the school, came to SU in the spring after going to East Central Mississippi Community College. "I sat out a year and I came down here," Williams said. "Everything worked out. I got my grades together, and I'm just moving forward now."

In other words, Alabama with all it's problems and shortage of players didn't have run for this "has been".

Perkins, who had worked out during the summer at SU, is finalizing his paperwork to enroll in school. He'll also need to pass a physical before being cleared to play. Perkins redshirted in 1997 and did not record any statistics in 1998. He was no longer in school at time of his arrest in February 1999. Perkins has not carried a football in a game since he ran for 2,300 yards and 29 touchdowns while leading Logansport High to the Class 1A title. The Class 1A offensive most valuable player in 1995, Perkins was ineligible as a senior after transferring to Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport.

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