Aeris Williams became a legend in West Point before donning the Maroon and White.
The A-Train: The Making and Future of Aeris Williams
December 20, 2016 | Football
By Bob Carskadon
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Sitting in his office in the field house at West Point High School last week, Chris Chambless got a call from his wife – Aeris Williams had just walked in the door and Chambless had better finish work soon and come home to see him. The three-time State Championship-winning head coach compares his relationship with the former Green Wave star and current Mississippi State sophomore running back to that of a father and a son, saying his children even consider Williams to be a brother.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Sitting in his office in the field house at West Point High School last week, Chris Chambless got a call from his wife – Aeris Williams had just walked in the door and Chambless had better finish work soon and come home to see him. The three-time State Championship-winning head coach compares his relationship with the former Green Wave star and current Mississippi State sophomore running back to that of a father and a son, saying his children even consider Williams to be a brother.
"To this day, when he comes in, it's like he's coming back into his own house, going to the refrigerator, getting something to drink, hugging everybody's neck and throwing the ball with the kids."With a quiet, unassuming and exceedingly loyal personality, Williams is loved deeply by those who he is close to, an emotion he returns many times over. A yes sir, no ma'am, please-and-thank-you kind of guy, you wouldn't know just by talking to the humble and reserved kid from West Point that he was a budding star running back in the SEC.
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