{"id":325985,"date":"2026-06-06T22:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325985\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:42:41","slug":"arlington-lamar-standout-linebacker-chose-this-acc-school-over-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/325985\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington Lamar standout linebacker chose this ACC school over Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Fort Worth Star-Telegram;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Fort Worth Star-Telegram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"272\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-02\/a00d18d0-6a21-11eb-bff5-9950f532eca7.jpeg\"\/><\/a>Sat, June 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fort_worth_star_telegram_mcclatchy_844\/8f8c51292c40dc25ba7793817c6ab7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Arlington Lamar athlete Braylon Williams, left, celebrates a first-quarter touchdown run against Arlington Martin in a UIL football Class 6A game at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p> (Cody Thorn\/Special to the Star-Telegram)<\/p>\n<p>Arlington Lamar standout three-star class of 2027 linebacker Braylon Williams announced his commitment to SMU Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He has offers from a flurry of Division I programs, including Baylor, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&amp;M, Texas Tech, and more. He has a 6-foot-2, 220 pound frame.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, Williams recorded 101 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss and five sacks, <a data-ylk=\"slk:earning First Team All-Area honors.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article314318299.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">earning First Team All-Area honors.<\/a> He also had an interception and a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Williams spent time on both sides of the ball, rushing for two touchdowns on the season.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll lead a new era at Lamar High School, with former head <a data-ylk=\"slk:coach Billy Skinner departing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article315549301.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">coach Billy Skinner departing<\/a> to become Grapevine-Colleyville ISD&#8217;s athletic director. Defensive coordinator Zach Najarro was <a data-ylk=\"slk:promoted to head football coach.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article315857542.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">promoted to head football coach.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Lamar made the playoffs for the first time since 2019, and in 2026, the Vikings are set to return a solid group of experienced and productive athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, June 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM UTC Arlington Lamar athlete Braylon Williams, left, celebrates a first-quarter touchdown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,116585,151,116586,49555,3130,3129,7284,27,3042,1769,11854],"class_list":["post-325985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-lamar","tag-arlington-news","tag-braylon-williams","tag-florida-state","tag-mississippi-state","tag-ohio-state","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-texas","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-tech","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}