{"id":778855,"date":"2026-07-23T00:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778855\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:18:14","slug":"ryan-coleman-williams-to-graduate-from-alabama-at-age-19-ahead-of-2027-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778855\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Coleman-Williams to Graduate from Alabama at Age 19 Ahead of 2027 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Alabama wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams will graduate in December after just two-and-a-half years at the school, Crimson Tide football head coach Kalen DeBoer told reporters at SEC Media Days on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Coleman-Williams, who was born on February 9, 2007, will secure his degree at 19 years old before presumably heading off to the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">DeBoer mentioned earlier this summer that Williams was on track to graduate this December, and that appears to still be the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy to think that he&#8217;s already in Year 3,&#8221; DeBoer told reporters prior to an appearance at the First Light Community of Mobile Football Preview Dinner, per <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamafootball\/2026\/06\/alabamas-ryan-coleman-williams-to-reach-rare-achievement-in-2026-kalen-deboer-says.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Creg Stephenson<\/a> of AL.com. &#8220;Time&#8217;s flown by, and I guess first thing I want to say is how proud I am of what he is also off the field, not just on the field. And that&#8217;s what everyone sees. But here&#8217;s a guy that&#8217;s going to have his degree by the end of December, and that&#8217;s two-and-a-half years. He&#8217;s full-fledged in the schoolwork, spring, fall, and even right now in the summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Coleman-Williams opened up about his future at SEC Media Days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;I mean, honestly, for me, you know, I&#8217;ve just been focusing on getting ready for fall camp,&#8221; he <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikerodak\/status\/2079918486407503942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2079918486407503942%7Ctwgr%5E2100da63c0cbee8d6c2dae51b77c31300b47ff8a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish-bleacher-report-gsp-cms.wmsports.io%2Fnode%2F5457118%2Fedit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told reporters<\/a>. &#8220;If I&#8217;m being just honest about it. But I get my degree this December and that&#8217;s super exciting for me. So really just focusing in on this season and getting my degree. After that, like you said, there will be decisions to be made. But I&#8217;m just excited for right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In the meantime, Coleman-Williams is getting ready for the 2026 season, which begins for Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 5 vs. East Carolina. Coleman-Williams is Alabama&#8217;s top returning receiver after finishing second on the team in receptions (49) and yards (689). <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The leader in those categories, Germie Bernard, is off to the pros and playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2026. Coleman-Williams will be asked to help lead the way on offense as Alabama looks to improve upon a College Football Playoff quarterfinal appearance last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alabama wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams will graduate in December after just two-and-a-half years at the school, Crimson Tide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-778855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}