Grant Dean Williams is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Williams played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. A 6’6″ power forward from Charlotte, North Carolina, he was drafted 22nd overall in the 2019 NBA draft.
Grant Williams: Harvard yale| College stats| Parents
Harvard Yale:
Those are nice options for any college-bound student. And they’re exactly the options the Celtics’ Grant Williams had available to him several years ago.
Naturally, he chose Tennessee. Not surprisingly, that didn’t go over too well with his mother, an electrical engineer for NASA.
And even though Williams opted for Tennessee because he wanted to play basketball and pave a path to the NBA, he didn’t always see basketball as his future.
College Stats:
| Season | School | PTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Tennessee | 12.6 |
| 2017-18 | Tennessee | 15.2 |
| 2018-19 | Tennessee | 18.8 |
| Career | Tennessee | 15.7 |
Williams leaves the University of Tennessee as one of the most accomplished players in program history. As the reigning two-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, he increased his scoring in each of his three seasons in college.
He was a consensus 2018-19 All-America First Team selection and was also a finalist for the 2018-19 Wooden Award, averaging 15.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 104 games (101 starts) throughout his three-year career. His 160 blocked shots rank third on Tennessee’s all-time leaderboard.
Parents:
His father, Gil Williams, was a star at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and later played professionally overseas. Unlike his older brothers, Grant didn’t fall in love with the sport right away. At age 10, he was named the best player at the basketball camp he attended.
