All-American Bowl journal: Notre Dame WR signee Cam Williams on excitement for big week
Throughout the week at the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard South wide receiver and Notre Dame signee Cam Williams will share his thoughts and experiences of taking part in the prestigious postseason all-star game with Blue & Gold.
Below are a few of his thoughts heading into the first day of practice.
Williams on his goals for the week: “Really it’s to just learn and absorb as much as I can from the guys I’m going to be around this week — maybe learn and gain some new things.”
On linking up with the other Notre Dame signees: “Free time is limited, but I’ll definitely be excited to have some Irish blood out there! Playing with and against them will be nice.”
On if he has anything to prove this week: “I say this all the time — forget the rankings. My entire high school career, I just played the sport I love and was blessed being recognized. I feel there’s nothing I have to prove to anyone necessarily with college ball coming up.”
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On Dec. 20, Williams, who ranks as the nation’s No. 29 player and No. 9 wide receiver per the 2024 On3 Industry Ranking, went from a commit of 18 months to a Fighting Irish signee. Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman was excited to talk about Williams during his signing day press conference.
“The thing that attracted us to Cam was his speed,” said Freeman. “When we’ve said — ‘Hey, we need to address speed’ — we want to continue to enhance our speed on the outside on both sides of the ball. That was a thing with Cam.”
“We saw him multiple times run 4.4s. We had him in camp. We had him live. He is a tremendous player that’s from Chicago. We have to make sure that the best players in Chicago that fit this place continue to come to Notre Dame. That was the case with Cam.”
Previewing Notre Dame recruits in the All-American Bowl
All-American Bowl week for Notre Dame’s 2024 class is here.
On Monday, the players set to compete in the premier postseason all-star game arrived in San Antonio, Texas. The All-American recruits will practice Tuesday-Friday ahead of the contest which will air on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.
Notre Dame had 11 signees in the game in 2022 and had five in it last year but it would’ve been more if not for injuries. And the Irish have four players in the game Saturday.
Saline (Mich.) High quarterback CJ Carr was invited to the game but opted to participate in Notre Dame’s bowl game practices rather than in the prestigious all-star event. And West Roxbury (Mass.) Catholic Memorial offensive tackle Guerby Lambert suffered a minor knee sprain in late November. Lambert will actually be in San Antonio later this week but will not participate in the game.
Blue & Gold is in the Lone Star State to report on the following four Irish signees who will play in the All-American Bowl: Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Glenbard South wide receiver Cam Williams, Lufkin (Texas) High running back Kedren Young, Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and Charlotte (N.C.) Christian EDGE Bryce Young.
On the West team, Williams will wear No. 8 and Viliamu-Asa will rock No. 27. For the East squad, Bryce Young will have the No. 97 jersey and Kedren Young (no relation) will wear No. 3.
