For Alabama football freshman receiver Ryan Williams, it was the latter. The first day the Crimson Tide wore pads in practice, the Saraland product went across the middle on a shallow crossing route. He tried to juke. Emphasize on tried. Linebacker Justin Jefferson made Williams pay for it.

All Ryan Williams wanted to do was to check his options. The Alabama football star freshman wide receiver initially ended his commitment to the Crimson Tide hours after coach Nick Saban announced his retirement from the program and days after wide receivers coach Holmon Wiggins left for Texas A&M.

Two of the Crimson Tide's star freshmen teamed up to create the "New Wave Podcast" with over 100,000 views on YouTube three episodes in.