5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
5-star Georgia DL signees Marvin Jones Jr. and Mykel Williams matched together all week in Texas at the All-American Bowl, including in impromptu pass coverage 1-on-1s during a break in practice. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
Georgia 2022 signees (from left to right) Marvin Jones Jr, Julian Humphrey, Mykel Williams and Gunner Stockton pose for a keepsake after the All-American Bowl at the Alamodome on January 8, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
Georgia football landed a commitment from 5-star defensive lineman Mykel Williams.
5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
4-star DL prospect Mykel Williams
4-star DL prospect Mykel Williams
When Hardaway High School defensive lineman Mykel Williams found out the names of past AJC Super 11 players like Herschel Walker and Trevor Lawrence, Williams was thrilled. “It’s a huge honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as those greats. It’s a blessing,” said Williams, who is the school’s first Super 11 selectee. (Tyson Alan Horne / Tyson.Horne@ajc.com)
August 4, 2021 Columbus - (MAIN PRINT PHOTO) For Hardaway High School defensive lineman Mykel Williams, pushing through is a mental act more than anything. ���Some of the things I had to push through is basically challenging myself, making sure that I am always consciously working,��� said the high school senior, who has committed to USC next fall. Williams is a 2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11. (Tyson Alan Horne / Tyson.Horne@ajc.com)
Mykel Williams
Mykel Williams has backed up his college decision. Look for him to take his college visits in June and arrive at a decision sometime before his senior season. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Mykel Williams
Mykel Williams is the top-rated DL prospect in Georgia for the 2022 cycle. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Mykel Williams had 17 sacks last fall as a junior at Hardaway High in Columbus. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Mykel Williams is set to make his college commitment on March 15, but there is a scenario in which that could change. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Mykel Williams had 69 tackles and 17 sacks as a junior. He was named his region’s Defensive Palyer of the Year for 2020. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Mykel Williams is the nation’s No. 5 DT prospect for 2022 on the 247Sports Composite rankings. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
Mykel Williams said that UGA really started to make an impression on him in the two games he went to in 2019. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
DawgNation's Jeff Sentell shares some of his best images of 5-star Georgia freshman DL Mykel Williams. Williams was named the 2022 Maxwell Football Club National Defensive Player of the Year on January 20, 2022.