Know the Name: How Tate Williams has gone from small-town farmer to national recruit

Four-star Baylor offensive line commit Tate Williams only knows hard work. Be it on the football field or on his family's 2,500-acre farm where he helps grow cotton and watermelon, Williams' work ethic has helped turn him into one of the top players in the country.
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If Tate Williams had it his way, he’d never leave the farm.

The 2,500 acres his family owns an hour’s drive from Wall, Texas is his slice of paradise.

Cotton fields as far as the eye can see. More John Deere equipment than people.

Tranquility and tractors. It just don’t get no better.

“If heaven wasn’t so far away,” is how Williams captioned a photo on Twitter of one of his family’s rigs with the sun setting in the distance.

Tate Williams on Twitter

The farm will most definitely be where he spends most of his time once his football playing days are over. But therein lies the conundrum: that could be a while.

This ol farm boy from Tom Green County has opened eyes across the country with his abilities to plow over defenders.

TexasFootball.com ranks him as the No. 5 offensive guard and No. 65 player in the state for 2021. He jumped 86 spots in 247Sports’ latest rankings, where he’s listed as the No. 136 player in the country, No. 10 OG overall and No. 22 player in the Lone Star State.

His long-term projections are as healthy as his crops after a long summers shower. He’s 6-foot-4 and weights 265 pounds; the ideal frame for a college strength and conditioning program to add necessary mass.

He has a nearly 6-foot-10 wingspan and 11-inch hands, both metrics that would make any coach drool. For reference, Kawhi Leonard’s hands, notorious around the NBA, are 11.25 inches wide.