A year ago, Jameson Williams was buried on the Ohio State depth chart. It’s understandable, given Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson are high NFL draft picks and Jaxon Smith-Nijigba rolled up a Rose Bowl-record 347 receiving yards against Utah.

Williams was no sure thing when he arrived at Alabama this offseason. Very few people on the national landscape saw Williams turning into the leading receiver in the SEC. Georgia very likely didn’t see him being the type of player to put 184 yards and two touchdowns against this defense in the SEC championship game. If it did, it probably would’ve made a bigger push to land the speedy wide receiver out of the transfer portal or stop him the first time the two teams met.

“When we were able to bring Jameson into our program, he was a guy that came in right away and wasn’t in spring practice and started with us in the summer and just really did a great job learning our offense and hit the ground running,” offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien said of Williams. “I think Bryce (Young), the rest of the offensive guys did a great job with him helping him out. John Metchie, all those guys that play receiver out there that have been here, they did a great job. And he picked it up fast and obviously he’s a huge part of our success.”

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Georgia also had issues in that game with Metchie, as the other Alabama wide receiver had 6 receptions for 97 yards in the first half. It was a disaster of a day for the Georgia defense, most of it taking place in the second quarter. The Crimson Tide scored 24 points in that quarter. In the other 13 second quarters Georgia has played this season, it has given just 10 points.

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