Derrick Williams: Top Flight Wide Receiver or Glorified Return Specialist?

When a struggling Penn State program successfully recruited the top player in the country, a frowning valley collectively grinned.  After helping the team to a BCS bowl victory in just his first season at Penn State, Derrick Williams put the Happy in Happy Valley. However, after two consecutive subpar seasons for the Nittany Lions, Williams has not lived up to the recruiting hype.  Entering his senior season in State College, Williams had something left to prove to Lion faithful. In his first four games of 2008, Williams was showing more of the same. Although he was seeing increased touches out of the backfield, he was only able to manage two catches in each of the four games. He flashed his lightning speed on special teams with a kick return for a touchdown versus lowly Coastal Carolina, but his offensive play left something to be desired. Then came the matchup versus 22nd-ranked Illinois: the Big Ten opener, a full stadium whiteout, and a statement game for not only the Penn ... (link)