Jonah Williams: "It is kind of hard balancing both, but I wanted to do this so I'm going to fully pursue it"

Before the Texas Longhorns’ SEC Tournament Quarterfinal game versus Tennessee, freshman outfielder and safety Jonah Williams appeared on the SEC Network during warmups, talking with the broadcast crew about his life as a dual-sport athlete, handling football and baseball, and his confidence level in his first year of college sports.

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Are you still throwing a football around down there? He’s got a baseball.

Jonah Williams: “Yes sir, we put the football down. It’s an everyday thing. Everyday thing. To warm up, I’ve got to use a football. I’ve got to keep the football with me at all times no matter what.”

Jared Mitchell is sitting next to me. He played baseball and football at LSU, but he was a receiver. He saw you, a safety on the football team, throwing the football. He said that looks like a safety throwing the football.

JW: “I gave up my quarterback dreams at a young age. I wanted to hit people.”

The calendar flips to May and you’ve been way more involved with everything you guys are doing. How has your transition been to college baseball? You showed up in the spring and started your year that way. How has it been for you?

Williams is batting .308 in 16 games with 11 starts.

JW: “I graduated high school in December. I started going to practice in January. I broke my collarbone in week eight of the high school season, so I was out for the first few months. I really started off late. Just been taking it day by day, building and making concrete, making foundations for myself. Got more in the lineup and have just been great from there.”

How do you balance the workouts for each respective sport? Each sport has their own type of movements, own type of lifts. It can get risky sometime with injury. What do you go through daily?

JW: “Baseball, we practice in the afternoon. That makes time for me to go to spring ball in the morning. I go to the meetings at 6:30 a.m. I do everything, just don’t practice. Then I go to baseball, get my swings in, do that. It’s all about time management. It is kind of hard balancing both, but I wanted to do this so I’m going to fully pursue it.”

You’re the youngest of four brothers. They say the youngest is the toughest. How was it growing up in that house?

JW: “It was always competitive. Day in and day out, just competing and just trying to be the best brother in the household. That’s where I got my compete from. Never wanted to lose.”

You’ve got an older brother that’s been a big leaguer and a first rounder. We won’t tell him, but who’s better, you or him?

“Me.”

I’m not going to let you go without asking you about the walk heard round the world. How did that impact you? You’ve been hot. You’re obviously a big part of this team. We all remember that against Florida. How has that impacted you, the good and the bad?

Texas’ Jonah Williams talking shit to the entire Florida team down 7 runs is certainly a choice. pic.twitter.com/EUyalL0sNz

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JW: “It’s been good. I just laugh at everything. I’m still a kid. I really just laugh it off. Take it as a joke. Go on with the next day. It never affected me.”

Any message for Sark?

“Coach Sark, you’re the man. I love you!”

Sark, get him in there!

“Yes sir, put me in coach!”

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