{"id":66270,"date":"2024-08-17T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=66270"},"modified":"2024-08-17T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:05:00","slug":"canesports-inside-the-lines-with-miami-hurricanes-s-markeith-williams-everybody-should-be-ready-to-be-a-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/canesports-inside-the-lines-with-miami-hurricanes-s-markeith-williams-everybody-should-be-ready-to-be-a-starter\/","title":{"rendered":"CaneSport\u2019s Inside the Lines with Miami Hurricanes S Markeith Williams: \u201cEverybody should be ready to be a starter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Hurricanes safety Markeith Williams<\/a> may not be on the field as a starter come Game 1, with coaches indicating it\u2019s Mishael Powell and Jaden Harris with a leg up on the first team jobs there as of now.<\/p>\n

But Williams is still competing with that starting job in mind and regardless will be a key piece backing up both spots, especially considering there is no other roster player with any real kind of experience at the spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody comes in every day trying to take everyone\u2019s position,\u201d Williams said. \u201cWe\u2019re all competing, and that makes the team better as one. Even if you get the job (or don\u2019t) you still got better. So I feel that\u2019s the biggest thing, just competing and taking it game by game.\u201d<\/p>\n

INSIDE THE LINES SERIES: <\/strong><\/a>C Zach Carpenter<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>QB Emory Williams<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>WR Jacolby George<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>OL Francis Mauigoa<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>DT Ahmad Moten<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>OL Samson Okunlola<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>OL Matthew McCoy<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>RB Jordan Lyle<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>WR JoJo Trader<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>DL Tyler Baron<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 <\/strong>CB D\u2019yoni Hill<\/strong><\/a>\u2026 DT Joshua Horton<\/strong><\/a>\u2026 DT Artavius Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Williams started last year\u2019s bowl game<\/a>\u00a0and ended with 15 tackles.<\/p>\n

With Kam Kinchens and James Williams gone, he needs to step up and be a key piece helping a revamped secondary that also lost two starting corners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve still got the same job ever year \u2013 talk, run, hit on the field,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI know it\u2019s a big question mark on the secondary because we lost a lot of secondary members, but I feel this secondary can be very special if we do the basics, the details coaches tell us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams was a Class of 2022 arrival and saw action in four games off the bench that year and had three tackles, one for a loss. Then this past season he had the aforementioned 15 tackles as a backup with the one bowl game start.<\/p>\n

He had solid grades per\u00a0Pro Football Focus<\/a>, checking in at 69.7 percent overall with a 77.5 run defense grade, 76.7 tackle grade, 59.1 pass rush grade and 62.6 cover grade. That was in 75 total reps.<\/p>\n

Williams says he finally truly understands the ins and outs of the defense and that he\u2019s ready to be a starter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can go on the field and tell everybody `You do this you do that, be the quarterback of the defense,\u201d Williams said. \u201cEverybody should be ready to be a starter \u2013 someone can go down in the blink of an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

His overall take on this defense?<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is communicating, everyone is looking great out there,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

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