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2024 4-star DB Marcelles Williams ranks Louisville among his contenders

ByCameron Franck|
Dec 10, 2022; Mission Viejo, California, USA; St. John Bosco defensive back Marcelles Williams (1) intercepts a pass intended for Serra Padres Joey Villaroman (28) in the third quarter of the CIF State Football Championship Open Division Bowl at Saddleback College. Going into the game St. John Bosco was the #1 ranked high school football team in the USA. Mandatory credit: Robert Hanashiro - USA TODAY.
Dec 10, 2022; Mission Viejo, California, USA; St. John Bosco defensive back Marcelles Williams (1) intercepts a pass intended for Serra Padres Joey Villaroman (28) in the third quarter of the CIF State Football Championship Open Division Bowl at Saddleback College. Going into the game St. John Bosco was the #1 ranked high school football team in the USA. Mandatory credit: Robert Hanashiro - USA TODAY.

Marcelles Williams is a highly coveted defensive back in the Class of 2024. According to 247Sports, he is a consensus four-star prospect and the No. 9 overall defensive back in the nation. He stands at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds and holds scholarship offers from nearly every Division I program, including Alabama, Ohio State, Auburn, Notre Dame, Michigan, LSU, and Miami, among others.

Williams has been in town before, for the 502 BBQ event in July 2022, and will be back in town this evening for the Louisville Football Spring Game. And it sounds like he has the desire to come back to Louisville on an official visit, per reports by 247Sports’ Greg Biggins.

The St. John Bosco product released his Top 12 Schools in March of this year and Louisville found its way in the mix with Alabama, Colorado, LSU, Miami, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UCLA, USC, and Washington.

But, per a later report by Greg Biggins, Louisville is on his shortlist for a possible official visit. One thing that Louisville has going for them is that not only were Pierce Clarkson and Jahlil McClain his high school teammates at St. John Bosco High School, but they were also his teammates on his 7-on-7 squad, which means the three of them are very close.

Throw in the fact that this will make his second unofficial visit to a school not too geographically close to Bellflower, California, so he definitely sees something in the University of Louisville. Head Coach Jeff Brohm is building something special both offensively and defensively, as he has landed a commitment from TJ Capers and is also hosting the No. 1 safety in the nation for the Class of 2024 this weekend, KJ Bolden.

Brohm is working his way into the conversation for one of the top up-and-coming programs in the country. The national buzz that Louisville garnered from landing the commitments of both Jamari Johnson and TJ Capers on January 7, 2023, at the All-American Bowl is something not to sleep on.

The energy is buzzing in the program in a way that it hasn’t in a long time.

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