Hawkeyes offer 2021 RB Kendrell Williams
As the Iowa coaching staff continues to look for a running back in the Class of 2021, their latest scholarship offer went out to Louisiana native Kendrell Williams on Thursday. For the Hawkeyes, it was running backs coach Derrick Foster that extended the new opportunity.
"The offer is great and I could not be more thankful," Williams told HawkeyeReport.com. "Coach texted me while I was working out and I couldn’t quite get to it at that moment. When I did, he told me to give him a call, so I did and we talked about family, school, football of course, and the relationships that I have with other coaches and things like that and what I would do in the future with my education."
"Then, when Coach Foster offered me, I was lost for words for a while, like a good two or three seconds, but then I thanked him so much for giving me an opportunity to play at the college football level with the Hawkeyes,"
The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Williams impressed Foster on film with his running style and the physicality he plays with at the running back position.
"He said he loves the physicality that I have and how I run behind my pads," said Williams, who is also a state champion wrestler and sprinter at Careco High School.
Williams verbally committed to Louisiana in July, but decided not to sign in December. During the recruiting process, he has also earned scholarship offers from Army, Utah State, Louisiana Tech, Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southern, and Texas State in addition to the latest one from Iowa.
Right now, Williams is planning to make a final decision on signing day on February 3.
This past season, Williams had 140 carries for 863 yards and 16 touchdowns for Carencro High School.
See highlights from Williams' senior year at Carencro in the video below.