BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - During Virgil Williams’ freshman season at Southern, someone called the cornerback “Virgil Island.” It’s a nod to “Revis Island” — the phrase trademarked by New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis to describe that any receiver he’s defending is stranded — and Williams’ nickname stuck. It’s now his Twitter handle, as well as his mission every time he hits the field.
“They have confidence in me to lock any receiver down on any play,” Williams said. “That’s pretty much the mentality I’ve been approaching every game with.”
As Southern enters the season looking for vast improvements across the board, there are many questions yet to be answered. Williams isn’t one of them. The Jaguars know what to expect out of the junior from Shreveport: a shutdown corner and dynamic return man.
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