The 2024 season is Kalen DeBoer‘s debut season at the Alabama Crimson Tide, and by the time he joined the program, he had been getting compared with Alabama’s former coach, Nick Saban. Filling the gap left by Saban was a big deal for him, but he stayed cool and faced it with a positive attitude. He kept his focus on recruiting talented players. On Saturday, the team guided by DeBoer hit the field and made history.”The chemistry we have built-in practice translated to the field. You could see the trust and communication out there,” said DeBoer after the game. Although, as they say, football is a team game, few individuals stood out, and we can attribute Alabama’s success yesterday to those faces. Kalen DeBoer along with Jalen Milroe praised Alabama’s young wide receiver Ryan Williams for his fantastic performance.

It was Ryan Williams’ first game wearing Alabama’s jersey on Saturday and he made everyone awestruck by his performance. Even some time ago, Ryan Williams was uncertain about starting the game and was listed as a backup wide receiver to Kendrick Law. Until the game, he did not know he was going to start. Williams was supposed to be in his senior year in high school, but he enrolled early, and right now he’s the youngest teammate at Alabama. “People forget that he’s 17 years old, and he’s a guy that came in the summertime, said Quarterback Jalen Milroe, who is a key player at Alabama. He further added,” But I’m super excited for him. He’s a guy that came in the summertime and put his head down and worked, tried to improve as much as possible as a player, and he did a fantastic job for us tonight.” the highest-ranked prospect in the 2024 class of Alabama, received praise from Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer as well.

Age is just a number for #Alabama 17-year-old WR Ryan Williams who had two catches, 139 yards, both for touchdowns. Here’s Kalen DeBoer, Jalen Milroe, and Williams himself on the freshman’s breakout.@wsfa12news @wsfa12sports pic.twitter.com/dz38N2ZlQh

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“He’s got that big-play capability,” DeBoer uttered some big words for the wide receiver. “He has done a lot of that in practice. I was excited to see him get out there.” DeBoer explained that Williams’ talent impressed him at such a young age. He added by saying that Williams has a bright future and it will be exciting to see him go out and continue playing as he played on Saturday. Besides that, do you know Ryan was the only freshman who interacted with the media last night?

Ryan Williams’s Journey at Alabama

After coming to Alabama, Ryan won the Alabama Mr. Football title twice, and he’s the only one to achieve that. His commitment to Alabama was a journey of a roller coaster. He committed to the program in October 2022, but following Saban’s retirement, he committed. Soon after Kalen DeBoer took the charge, Williams reconsidered to be at Alabama and rejoined the program in January 2024.

Besides that, while talking about the game, he said, “It was a matter of doing what I needed to do for the team, expanding the lead, just the excitement of adding some more points for our guys.” Ryan added, “Everybody just did their job, and you know, it just so happened that I ended up having the game that I did.” On top of that, he scored 139 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns in yesterday’s game against Western Kentucky. He contributed to Alabama’s 63-0 season-opening win. When asked about his game, he said, “I am just playing football and doing exactly what my guys need me to do.” Besides that, let us know in the comments your thoughts about Alabama’s season-opening win.