Top Prep Running Back Going to UCLA

Running back Kevin Williams, considered the nation’s top running back prospect, said Friday he will attend UCLA.

Williams said he selected the Bruins over Texas, Texas A&M; and Oklahoma.

“Every school showed me a good time,” Williams said. “The coaches were all great, but I think for the next four or five years . . . I pledged to UCLA.

“I felt very comfortable there. I related to the players and the coaches were nice, and I think I’d like the campus life style.”

Williams rushed for 3,561 yards and 37 touchdowns in three seasons at Spring High School, but his team had a combined record of 4-16 in one of the toughest districts in the state.

The 6-foot-2, 196-pound Williams said he made his decision Thursday night and the three other schools finished in a “three-way tie.”

Williams also has a 90.46 grade point average and said that was a factor “because coaches know I have talent and they won’t worry about me going to classes.”