Mike Williams a stellar guard from the class of 2025 has committed to Jackson State to play for his father former NBA player, Mo Williams. According to his 24/7 Sports profile, Jackson State made its initial offer to Williams on April 9, 2022. The elder Williams was hired on March 14, 2022, marking his second HBCU head coaching job. He previously coached at Alabama State. Williams is ranked the No. 187 prospect in the 2025 class per 247Sports, giving him three-star status. Williams made the commitment announcement on his Instagram page.
“As i write this i am most thankful in the universe and my spirit guides for putting the right pieces in front of me to be successful. i want to thank everyone who was apart of my journey up to this point! and to all my haters, doubters and overlookers , you all are my why. We finna go turn a HBCU up??,” he wrote.
Mike Williams is listed as a 6-0, 160-pound combo guard which is virtually the same size and skill set his father had as a player. Until July he was attending the Jackson Academy in Mississippi. According to Mississippiscoreboard.com Williams, along with his younger brother Mason, transferred to Germantown High School. Williams is noted as the no. 21 combo guard in the country for the class of 2025, and the no. 2 player overall in Mississippi. Mason Williams is a 6 foot 1 inch guard from the class of 2026 and has an offer from Jackson State as well.
Earlier this summer Williams turned heads for his play with the LivOn Nike EYBL AAU program. During a session in Kansas City in June, he averaged 20.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 37.5% from the field.
Also during that tournament, he told reporter Sam Lance that a lot of SEC schools were reaching out to him.
“Alabama reached out to my dad,” Williams said. “LSU as well and Mississippi State. Ole Miss reached out to my coach. That’s probably it who I talk to right now.”
But the lure of playing for his father appeared to be more enticing than playing for a bigger school than Jackson State, a top HBCU program in Mississippi.
Mo Williams spent 14 years in the NBA, averaging more than 13 points and nearly five assists per game. Drafted by Utah, Williams would play his rookie season with the Jazz before spending the next four seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks. Williams played three seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2008-11) where he teamed up with LeBron James and helped the Cavs post a league-best 66 wins in 2008-09 and a berth in the NBA Finals. Williams was selected to the NBA All-Star Game in his first season with Cleveland.
After stints with the Los Angeles Clippers (2011-12), Portland Trail Blazers (2013-14), Minnesota Timberwolves (2014-15) and Charlotte Hornets (2015), Williams returned to Cleveland for the 2015-16 campaign as the Cavaliers completed an historic comeback from a three-game-to-one deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA Championship.