Alabama WR Ryan Williams on his 139-yard, 2-touchdown debut: '4 plus 2 does equal 6'

that I put into this you know all my teammates you know just sharpening my tools and helping me out and just pouring into me and being the great teammates that they are it was honestly just a blessing to be here you always dream of this thing did it turn out like the dream as a kid uh yeah but like all all I can say is like my guys the oine held up all night like they did their part everybody just did their job and you know it just so happened that I ended up uh having a game that I did but we a lot of guys you know definitely did their part Ryan talk about the first route the route the first touchdown what was the route uh just a simple go ball even leaving yeah so you know I just went straight down the sideline and J M gave me a perfect ball I I kept it in stride and you know got to celebrate with my guys for my first and the second one uh just a a regular dig rout uh that once again he put it in the perfect place o line held up perfectly everybody just did their job be able to play when you see that ball in the air that first one you have to know it's a touchdown what's going through your mind when you when you grab it do you kind of know you have to kind of collect yourself or what's going through your mind with that one uh just run fast and uh you know put some points on the board for my guy is there anything surprised you playing the Collegiate level when you walked into Brant he said is there anything that surprised you tonight uh just seeing you know those 100,000 you know just supporting us with everything they had all the air in they lungs you know it was really just exciting for me you see that or you feel the defender let go of your ankle on that second touchdown you see the endzone wide open what is your thought process and what did it mean to have two touchdowns tonight uh just like like I said you know just it was just a matter of you know doing what I needed to do for the team uh expanding the league so just the excitement of you know adding some more points for my guy can you describe the connection between you and noro um definitely I mean four plus two does equal six so probably the best thing I can say about it but uh he always just puts it in the perfect place and I just got to do my job how crazy has it been handling the hype since you've gotten on campus um you know just with the great guys around me like I said all the other guys they pour into me every day so I I don't even look into it honestly uh just attack every day and go go about normal what's been the craziest thing though that's happened to you maybe even off the field just like has there been anything that's kind of stood out uh probably just being in class and you know people asking like in the middle of class trying not to interrupt the professor do you miss high school at all uh no you don't miss KJ at all I love KJ but no what's it been like playing under new War uh I mean it's it's amazing you know we have a very explosive offense I think it was 300 on the ground and in the air so it was very explosive we got a lot of a lot of my uh guys in my class in the game everybody pretty much had an opportunity to do something with the ball so I mean that just that just shows you we we in for a good this season Ron who are those wide receivers those veterans that kind of took you under their wing uh definitely Jeremy Bernard and Kendrick law uh those they they definitely do a very good job and not to mention uh Kobe pis uh eeman Emanuel Henderson all those guys all the older guys that's been here uh more than two years they pour everything they have in into have any in I mean that you could make those plays today first college game I mean you don't know how long it's going to take I'm going to be honest it was just a matter of the ball in the air and it's coming to me so I'm going just do do exactly what I uh practice and make a play is your pressure not to score a touchdown every time you catch a ball I don't think so you know I'm just I'm just playing ball just doing exactly what my what my guys to do how was coach Shephard able to help you prepare for this game and prepare this wide receiver room just focusing on a little stuff you know because a lot of our guys I mean we we like we get four and five star so they're automatically pretty good so he he definitely hones in on a little stuff like blocking down field and getting to that the the exact depth so you and a quarterback have that time and so just holding holding in on the on the little things after scoring 63 points in the first week how can this offense get get better uh just like I said continuing to do the little things uh because I I do believe the only uh team that's stopping us is ourselves you know that's that's what I believe how much have your coach has shown you what Washington's wide receivers did last year whether it Ro or any of those guys what have your coach has shown you about Washington's wide receivers last year film we watched a lot of uh a lot of what they did last year I mean the numbers that they put up you can't ignore it even last year when I was in high school you know just paying attention to to the guys like J ma Rome uh J Fulk all those guys we got to pay attention to it cuz you know that's what we want to do too and we have a lot of old guys you know that's that want to do that so they can you know go to the next level but you watch the semi-final game I mean you saw their offense in the semifinal right I did I did did that give you an inkling of what that excit you a little bit even though you didn't know you were playing for him oh definitely I did I didn't know I was actually sitting with my high school coach watching the game when it happened so we were definitely excited do you have any sort of competition with some of the other freshman wide receivers who had some good days today as well uh I wouldn't say competition we all hold each other to a high standard so we definitely talk a little smack like if you miss a block we definitely going that's definitely going to be talked about even before we get to the film room so we definitely like me Caleb Rico pretty much all the person Mar Bubba all of us you know we all uh standard pressure the expectations so many people talk about you preseason what how do you feel about playing under those expectations um to like I really don't even think about them to be honest like you know uh I just focus on what's ahead of me keep my feet uh keep my feet where they are and focus on what's in front of me you find out you were going to start what was going through your head when when you actually found out that moment uh when it when it was happening I didn't know until the first play he was like Ryan I was like then I ran out there and you know it was a blessing um but Ryan now that you got your feet wet um you 17 man uh does it feel like you're 17 like honestly you you just got off the field um playing with some grown men just on both sides like but you couldn't tell the difference that you that you was 17 so can you just explain how that feels um I never really even you know when I was younger I always played up so it was never a matter of like age I try not to use AG as an excuse cuz if I would have got man hled out there you know I I I still wouldn't want to be an excuse so I I don't uh you know focus on that I just focus on playing ball cuz at the end of the game at the end of the day how do you model your game do you model it after any of the former Alabama wide receivers some of those grades uh definitely I mean my my hall of fame comparison that I get every time it's Smitty so uh you know just the performance he had his senior year uh you know that definitely you know the yards all that you know it's it's great to just watch you know I'm I'm a big fan of them and I I definitely uh look into him watch this game try to mimic some of his stuff have you talked to him have you talked to him do you know him at all yeah I've talked to him a couple times you know just uh he send his blessings you know over me right descri the peace the necklace he said my peace yeah my RO piece R Alexander Williams I me how do you stay grounded not every game is going to be like this um I I I definitely have a big Supporting Cast like my my home base uh and then I know my teammates they gon to hold me to a standard and to be honest I'm not even focused on what I just did you know it's a blessing but at the end of the day we got more games ahead of us and you know I got to focus on next week how's jall the best in the game baby how have you seen him progress during your time in the summer and the fall camp this game uh I mean he gets better every day you know just from a matter of whenever he wakes up early in the morning he the first one at the facility so I mean he's constantly getting better so every day you literally see him get better is there any talk between you and Jaylen leading up to that first touchdown you're saying I can beat this guy I'm going to be honest like I mean like earlier in the week you know of course we talked but it it wasn't like we was running on the field and we were like okay this the one it was actually uh it was there was no talk behind it it just happened you know I guess con all right one More's the first heightman Trophy winner you remember watching the first one that I remember watching to be honest probably Johnny man but my favorite s of course but but now it's a new way tune in Monday thank you Ryan