DeAndre Williams is one of the top players in the American Athletic Conference. At 26 years old, he's also No. 1 in the country in age, a fact that gets as much, or more, attention. Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, along with many others, is over it.
"He got tricked by some guys to leave his high school to go to a virtual school," he said."Stayed there to play basketball, was promised he was gonna get these different scholarships. He did not get the scholarships and the guys just left him hanging. Found out that none of the accreditation would carry over for him to get into college. He has to go to night school and work until he got his credits back up to go to college. Didn't get into college until 21 years old.
Even when Williams finally got a scholarship and enrolled at Evansville in 2017, he was forced to sit out his first season, as he was ruled an academic non-qualifier. Williams played the 2018-19 season as a 22-year-old freshman for the Purple Aces, then transferred to Memphis."Every time we have a telecast, these commentators are talking about his age in a negative fashion," he said."I think that's so bad.
Hardaway wasn't the only Tiger bothered by Adams' quip. Special assistant to the head coach Shawn Forrest expressed his feelings in a series of since-deleted tweets aimed at Adams. A short time later, Forrest said Adams called to apologize and told Forrest he plans to reach out to Williams as well. In a recent interview with The Commercial Appeal, Williams said there are times he struggles with the near-constant jabs and jeers about his age. He admitted he has even heard it inside FedExForum during Tigers' home games.Williams said he tries his best to ignore it.
“I know it’s more love than negativity, but the negative stuff can get to you," said Williams."In all reality, like, by myself at home, sometimes I don’t feel great. I am human. I’m just a regular person. It can demoralize you. But I try not to complain when people talk about my age, nobody knows, has no idea how I got here. If they wondered how I got here or knew how I got here, they wouldn’t say anything bad.
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