Sunday, August 18, 2013

SU Jaguars’ Williams happy to be back on field after scare

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  No player wants to be on the sideline. And certainly not on the brink of a senior season. And definitely not with the frightening thought of not knowing that the season could somehow be off the table.

Yet that’s where Southern senior cornerback Virgil Williams found himself little more than a week ago.

A bout of heat exhaustion led to dehydration, a diagnosis of a kidney infection and, fortunately as the situation played out, just the lost time during the feisty, 5-foot-9 cornerback’s final preseason camp.



“I was definitely scared,” Williams said. “The injury came, and it was really close to the season opener. And not just the season opener, but I didn’t know if I would have to get surgery or just sit out for a year. So I just prayed every night, stayed positive and believed that I would be better.”

Being positive is what Williams — with all 5-feet-9 of him setting the tone — and his secondary mates are all about.

First, Williams said his teammates supported him. Meanwhile, Williams saw his injury as a window of opportunity for newer players and liked how his teammates would rather support each other than focus on taking spots.

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