'08 OH LB Ashante Williams (Illinois Signee)

LordJeffBuck · #1 (**permalink**) 07-04-2007, 08:51 PM

Outside linebacker
Mayfield (OH) Mayfield

Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 191 lbs
Forty: 4.63 seconds
Shuttle: 4.34 seconds
Vertical: 35 inches
2006 stats: 75 tackles

RP News: Ashante Williams

wadc45 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-18-2007, 09:09 AM

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7/17

From O&B News...talks about his decision to pledge to Coach Zook. Will visit Illinois this weekend for Academic Day.

HotMic · #3 (**permalink**) 07-25-2007, 04:01 PM

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7/25

Williams talks Illinois and his summer on the Ginn bus tour.

Illinibat · #4 (**permalink**) 07-26-2007, 05:41 PM

wadc45 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-04-2007, 04:08 PM

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

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No. 21 Mayfield 30, Willoughby South 0

Senior running back Ashante Williams ran for 126 yards and three touchdowns and senior wideout C.C. Smith had four catches for 73 yards, including a 21-yard score, along with an interception for the Wildcats (2-0).

wadc45 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 04:55 PM

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Bill Mayville
Special to The Plain Dealer

With Ashante Williams scoring at will and the Wildcats' defense swarming the Bulldogs' offense, the much-anticipated matchup between two of The Plain Dealer's Top 25 teams was all but over by halftime.

No. 17 Mayfield led No. 14 Olmsted Falls, 24-0, at the break Friday and cruised to an impressive 33-0 win at Mayfield Municipal Stadium.

"We really wanted this game," Williams said. "We practiced real hard all week, and we knew we were going to have to come out and play smashmouth football with them."

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Week 3 Recap & Rankings - HS Gridiron - cleveland.com

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Eastside Player of the Week: RB/LB Ashante Williams, Mayfield

The University of Illinois recruited Williams to play defense, but after the way Williams has looked so far - maybe Illini Coach Ron Zook should look at his offense. Williams rushed for 249 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 carries as Mayfield picked up some huge computer points over Olmsted Falls.

osugrad21 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-01-2007, 08:56 AM

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Ashante loved his Illinois trip and is planning to attend the Michigan game also. He is planning on being on campus in January after graduating high school in December.

wadc45 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 10:43 AM

Williams’ late TD helps lift Mayfield past Howland, 6-0- Blitz on Vindy.com - Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Mahoning Valley High Ohio School Football

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The Tigers played terrific defense, but couldn’t solve the Wildcats’ D.
By TOM WILLIAMS
VINDICATOR SPORTS STAFF

SOLON — Like heavyweight fighters going the distance, the Howland and Mayfield High football teams’ defenses dominated for three quarters with heavy blows.

In Friday’s Division II Region 5 playoff semifinal at Stewart Field, the Tigers and Wildcats doled out crunching hits that had fans “oohing” and “aahing” as if they were celebrating Independence Day.

But in the fourth quarter, the Tigers began to wear down as Wildcats tailback Ashante Williams began to assert himself carry after carry. In that quarter, Williams carried the ball 16 times for 69 yards. His last one was the most important.

With 15 seconds remaining in regulation, Williams scored a 1-yard touchdown to lift Mayfield (9-3) to a 6-0 victory and date against Parma Normandy in next week’s regional final.

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Williams rushed 36 times for 148 yards.

wadc45 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-19-2007, 11:35 AM

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Bob Fortuna
Plain Dealer Reporter

Mayfield's offense had gone to the well so many times this football season with tailback Ashante Williams that Wildcats coaches were hoping someone new would step up and take the pressure off the University of Illinois recruit.

Enter Frankie Ferritto.

The senior quarterback not only stepped up but took a giant leap into the spotlight during the Wildcats' 12-7 victory over Normandy during Friday night's Division II regional championship game at Bedford's Bearcat Stadium.

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wadc45 · #10 (**permalink**) 11-26-2007, 06:08 PM

End of a great season for Ashante and Mayfield...

cleveland.com: Everything Cleveland

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Just when unranked Mayfield (10-4) seemed to claw its way back into the game, pulling within 19-13 on Ashante William's 1-yard touchdown run with 3:56 remaining in the third quarter, Louisville caught the Wildcats off-guard.

Williams finished with 29 yards rushing.

wadc45 · #11 (**permalink**) 12-16-2007, 11:08 PM

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12/13

Finishes up classes soon and will be enrolled at Illinois in January. Talks about his official last weeken and sitting down with the staff and watching bowl practice.

If I haven't said it before, I think Ashante is one of the steals of the class for Illinois. The kid is a winner and a playmaker...plain and simple. He is going to do great things in Champaign...