SU's Richardson gets family along with DE Williams

When Southern University coach Pete Richardson signed Delwin Williams, he signed the whole family. That’s just the way it is down Bayou Lafourche. Mom. Grandma, with her own strong Southern heritage. Dad, even if he played a little football at Nicholls State back in the 1980s. Tiny little brother, who has already put on a helmet to watch practice from the sideline earlier in preseason camp. Everybody was there to see Delwin in his navy blue Southern game jersey and all his new teammates Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium.

All of this love was set in motion at a Fan Day years ago, back when SU went across the Mississippi River to Plaquemine and the Jaguars were amid a dominant run through the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Back then, Williams was just a little guy, smiling and taking a picture with Richardson. That little boy has grown into 6-foot-3and 250 pounds of freshman defensive end.

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