Five-star PF Emmitt Williams spurns in-state team with his commitment ·

04 Jan 2025, 00:00

Five-star power forward Emmitt Williams was believed to be down to three teams in his recruitment in Florida, Oregon and LSU. He's now decided on a school and the Lehigh Acres, Fla native will be headed out of state, but will stay in the SEC.

I would like to thank my Mom & Dad, my family, coach Reece and my teammates for being there for me. I am Happy to Announce that I will be attending Louisiana State University for my college career. #GOTigers 🐯 #Blessed pic.twitter.com/uXdJT5F5yD

— Emmitt Williams (@EmmittWilliams6) January 26, 2018

The 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward gives LSU its fourth top-100 recruit for the 2018 class and they've catapulted up the rankings into the top five as well. He's ranked as the No. 24 overall recruit, No. 4 recruit in Florida and No. 8 recruit at his position according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

He also has offers from Duke, Kansas, Florida State, Miami, Texas A&M and N.C. State among others.

Here are some of his highlights:

Five-star PF Emmitt Williams spurns in-state team with his commitment

Five-star power forward Emmitt Williams was believed to be down to three teams in his recruitment in Florida, Oregon and LSU. He's now decided on a school and the Lehigh Acres, Fla native will be headed out of state, but will stay in the SEC.

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