By Eric Bossi
247Sports"We are all in on college."
It has been considered a given that five-star combo basketball player and social media star
Mikey Williams, who ranks No. 12 overall in the Class of 2023, will never play college basketball. Not so fast.
At the Pangos All-American Camp in Las Vegas, his father Mahlon Williams told 247Sports that college is actually Mikey's preferred route.
Heading back to his hometown of San Diego and
San Ysidro for his senior season after playing the last two years in North Carolina, Williams is arguably the most well-known player in all of high school basketball. He has over 3.6 million followers on Instagram, a multi-million dollar shoe deal with Puma and is cashing in on name, image and likeness in a way that very few teenage athletes can.
The fame at an early age is nice but being a celebrity hasn't ever been the end goal and understanding what really motivates Williams and the support system that is in place around him is important when looking at the viability of him playing college basketball.
Mikey Williams in action at Lake Norman Charter (N.C.) during January of 2021.
Photo: Tom Masters
