Markeith Williams has ingredients to be Miamis next highly productive safety
With Miami safeties Kamren Kinchens and James Williams going to the NFL Draft the Hurricanes will have a new look in the secondary.
Free safety is an important position in Miami’s scheme. Markeith Williams has the traits to become a high-level contributor.
Williams is more of an over the top Safety than in the box head bussa. He’s long and lean and covers plenty of ground from sideline to sideline. But don’t get me wrong, Williams is quick to come downhill if/when he diagnoses plays to his side of the field. But he’s not a defacto linebacker for Evans in the mold of, say, what an Amari Carter was coming out of Palm Beach Gardens years ago.
Williams has shown an ability to play man to man coverage in short yardage situations — think against a goal line fade. Even still, I think this is an area for growth, especially if he’s tasked with man coverage from his normal Safety position, would would put him up against either a fast/shifty slot receiver or RB, or a bigger, more physical TE in most cases.
Also, I didn’t overtly say it so let me do that here: Williams will need to gain weight to be a contributor at Miami. 6’1” (or 6’2” as listed on his highlights) and 175 lbs isn’t going to cut it. Not in the ACC. And not at Miami. But, the good thing is, he has the long, lean frame to add some weight and still maintain his movement skills, which will be key to his, and Miami’s, success moving forward.
Williams was more of a bench player this year, however with the loss of Kamren Kitchens and James Williams he got his start against Rutgers and he went on and had a great game against the Scarlet Knight with him having 8 tackles, and had 1 pass deflection.
Miami is very lean at safety and I feel like Markeith Williams could be big at the safety position.
Trinton is the owner of CanesToday. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, he is a freshman in high school and wants to graduate from the University of Miami
