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Williams, Watson expect to make big bucks as top 15 picks

Quarterback Deshaun Watson, due to Houston moving up 13 spots to come and get him at No. 12 in the first round of last week’s 2017 NFL Draft, might be all the buzz surrounding the six players Clemson had drafted this year, but former wide receiver Mike Williams is the one who will go to the bank.

Williams is expected to be offered a total compensation of $19.7 million when it is all said and done after the Los Angeles Chargers drafted him No. 7 in last Thursday’s draft, this according to Forbes.com’s Jason Belzer.

Williams’s $19.