He’s also got instincts that are really rare. He’s got obviously the athleticism, the explosiveness, the speed and all of that. Spent a day with him, worked him out, the whole deal. ”I fought hard to try to get him in Atlanta and for us to draft him,” Ulbrich recalled. Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich remembers scouting Williams at Murray State leading up to the draft and loving what he saw. He has the luxury of taking a step before triggering because whatever he lost at the snap, he can regain because he’s so fast and long.” ”He’s one of the faster linebackers in football, if you just look at his GPS numbers. ”One of his superpowers is speed,” coach Robert Saleh said. He started in place of Jarrad Davis last week and had 15 total tackles in New York’s 24-17 loss to Miami, the most for a Jets player since David Harris had 17 in 2009. ”So it’s basically like me setting the tone for my teammates and my teammates rallying behind it. Then all of a sudden, it’s my teammates that get hyped about it. And at first, it’s like the crowd `ooohs.’ I love that. 1 thing is just running through people,” said a smiling Quincy Williams, who ranks second to C.J. While Quinnen is a space-eating run stuffer who shoves offensive linemen aside on his way to taking down quarterbacks, Quincy is a heat-seeking missile who slams into anyone trying to get past him. ”That’s the realest thing, so I use it as like ammunition, for real.” But then I just put that as a chip on my shoulder like I had to make a name for myself. So most people would take it as like, `I’m a person, I’m a person,’ and just be mad about it. ”And everybody was like, ‘Oh, that’s Quinnen who played for Alabama’s brother. ”When I first got drafted, the thing was, who is Quincy Williams?” he recalled Friday. He was a 5-11, 230-pound lesser-known linebacker at Murray State. Meanwhile, Quincy waited until the next night when he went in the third round to Jacksonville. He was a 6-foot-3, 300-pound national champion considered one of the premier defensive lineman in the country. Quinnen was the first-round pick of the Jets in 2019 out of Alabama, the third overall selection.
And then in the biggest moments of their football careers. The New York Jets linebacker, who’s almost 16 months older than teammate and sibling Quinnen, was the ”other” Williams brother through high school and college. (AP)Quincy Williams has been tackling his way out of his younger brother’s massive shadow for years.
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