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Mike Anthony: UConn senior Donovan Williams’ strange four-year journey from Bob Diaco’s quarterback to Randy Edsall’s receiver and tight end is worth appreciating
>>“It always means more when you start somewhere and then finish there,” Williams said Thursday, another day spent learning another new position, albeit from afar as he rested a minor oblique injury on the sideline of the Huskies’ eighth preseason practice. “It’s easy to leave. It’s the easy way out. I don’t have anything against guys who left — you have to do what’s best for you — but for me to stick around, it’s much sweeter in the long run.”
Williams’ UConn career, no matter what the final chapter entails, should go down as uniquely impressive — not in numbers or accomplishments, not even close, but in his calm ability to cut through all the drama he’s been surrounded and affected by.
He entered as a quarterback, was thrown to the wolves down the stretch of his freshman year, dealt with a coaching change and two position changes. He has come out the other end just fine — and as a tight end, perhaps UConn’s top tight end for the 2019 season, in fact.<<
>>“It always means more when you start somewhere and then finish there,” Williams said Thursday, another day spent learning another new position, albeit from afar as he rested a minor oblique injury on the sideline of the Huskies’ eighth preseason practice. “It’s easy to leave. It’s the easy way out. I don’t have anything against guys who left — you have to do what’s best for you — but for me to stick around, it’s much sweeter in the long run.”
Williams’ UConn career, no matter what the final chapter entails, should go down as uniquely impressive — not in numbers or accomplishments, not even close, but in his calm ability to cut through all the drama he’s been surrounded and affected by.
He entered as a quarterback, was thrown to the wolves down the stretch of his freshman year, dealt with a coaching change and two position changes. He has come out the other end just fine — and as a tight end, perhaps UConn’s top tight end for the 2019 season, in fact.<<
