PHOTOS: 5-star Georgia DL signee Mykel Williams
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  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • 5-star Georgia DL signees Marvin Jones Jr. and Mykel Williams matched together all week in Texas at the All-American Bowl, including in impromptu pass coverage 1-on-1s during a break in practice. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams from Hardaway High in Columbus signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He's already on campus as an January 2022 mid-year enrollee. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • Georgia 2022 signees (from left to right) Marvin Jones Jr, Julian Humphrey, Mykel Williams and Gunner Stockton pose for a keepsake after the All-American Bowl at the Alamodome on January 8, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Jeff Sentell / DawgNation)
  • Mykel Williams will very likely be a 5-star recruit in the 2022 class upon further evaluation by the summer of 2021, if not sooner. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • Georgia football landed a commitment from 5-star defensive lineman Mykel Williams.
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • 5-star DL Mykel Williams had a big visit to UGA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, for the Arkansas game. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • 4-star DL prospect Mykel Williams
  • 4-star DL prospect Mykel Williams
  • When Hardaway High School defensive lineman Mykel Williams found out the names of past AJC Super 11 players like Herschel Walker and Trevor Lawrence, Williams was thrilled. “It’s a huge honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as those greats. It’s a blessing,” said Williams, who is the school’s first Super 11 selectee. (Tyson Alan Horne / Tyson.Horne@ajc.com)
  • August 4, 2021 Columbus - (MAIN PRINT PHOTO) For Hardaway High School defensive lineman Mykel Williams, pushing through is a mental act more than anything. ���Some of the things I had to push through is basically challenging myself, making sure that I am always consciously working,��� said the high school senior, who has committed to USC next fall. Williams is a 2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11. (Tyson Alan Horne / Tyson.Horne@ajc.com)
  • Mykel Williams
  • Mykel Williams has backed up his college decision. Look for him to take his college visits in June and arrive at a decision sometime before his senior season. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
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  • Mykel Williams is the top-rated DL prospect in Georgia for the 2022 cycle. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • Mykel Williams had 17 sacks last fall as a junior at Hardaway High in Columbus. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • Mykel Williams is set to make his college commitment on March 15, but there is a scenario in which that could change. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • Mykel Williams had 69 tackles and 17 sacks as a junior. He was named his region’s Defensive Palyer of the Year for 2020. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • Mykel Williams is the nation’s No. 5 DT prospect for 2022 on the 247Sports Composite rankings. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
  • Mykel Williams said that UGA really started to make an impression on him in the two games he went to in 2019. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)
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DawgNation's Jeff Sentell shares some of his best images of 5-star Georgia freshman DL Mykel Williams. Williams was named the 2022 Maxwell Football Club National Defensive Player of the Year on January 20, 2022.